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EHEC O104 infection in hospitalized patients: A prospective single center study on symptoms and clinical courses

S Ullrich, JP Bremer, C Neumann-Grutzeck, H Otto, C Rüther, CU von Seydewitz, GP Meyer, K Ahmadi, J Röther, BC Hogan, W Schwenk, R Fischbach, J Caselitz, J Puttfarcken, S Huggett, P Tiedecken, F Hagenmüller · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2012 · Heft 08

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Zeitschrift
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
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S Ullrich, JP Bremer, C Neumann-Grutzeck, H Otto, C Rüther, CU von Seydewitz, GP Meyer, K Ahmadi, J Röther, BC Hogan, W Schwenk, R Fischbach, J Caselitz, J Puttfarcken, S Huggett, P Tiedecken, F Hagenmüller
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Heft 08 / 2012
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Erschienen: 2012-08-22 00:00:00
ISSN
0044-2771
DOI
10.1055/s-0032-1324145

Zusammenfassung

Aims: Shiga-like-toxin producing O157:H7 Entero Haemorrhagic E. coli (STEC/EHEC) are the most common cause of Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) related to infectious haemorrhagic colitis. Nearly all recommendations on clinical management of EHEC infections refer to this strain. The 2011 outbreak in northern Europe was the first to be caused by the serotype O104:H4. This EHEC strain was found to carry genetic features of Entero Aggregative E. coli (EAEC) and the ESBL attribute. We report symptoms and complications from patients of one of the most affected centres of the 2011 EHEC O104 outbreak in Northern Germany.…

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Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie