Laboratory surveillance of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli in South Australia and the Hunter Health Area, New South Wales, Australia.
نویسندگان
چکیده
To estimate the prevalence of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli in Australia, bloody stool samples from two Australian locations were screened for the presence of Shiga toxin genes, stx1 and stx2. Four of 126 (3.2%) and 139 of 5,829 (2.4%) patients from the two locations had a positive polymerase chain reaction for Shiga toxin genes.
منابع مشابه
Investigation of two clusters of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli cases in South Australia.
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an important cause of gastrointestinal illness in developed countries, and outbreaks have been reported in many countries including Australia.1,2 STEC infection can cause bloody diarrhoea, with 3–7 per cent of sporadic cases developing haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), a serious condition, defi ned by thrombocytopenia, anaemia and renal failure,...
متن کاملGeographic Divergence of Bovine and Human Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Genotypes, New Zealand1
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)O157:H7 is a zoonotic pathogen of public health concern worldwide. To compare the local and large-scale geographic distributions of genotypes of STEC O157:H7 isolates obtained from various bovine and human sources during 2008–2011, we used pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and Shiga toxin–encoding bacteriophage insertion (SBI) typing. Using multivaria...
متن کاملSurveillance of Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli in Australia.
All Australian States and Territories have low rates (< or = 0.32 cases per 100,000 population) of notification for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), except for South Australia where the rates are ten-fold higher at 2.58 cases per 100,000 population. To explore possible reasons for the variation in rates we surveyed public health reference laboratories to determine the methods used...
متن کاملRisk factors for sporadic human infection with shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in South Australia.
This paper reports the findings from a preliminary study seeking to identify risk factors for sporadic human infection with shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in South Australia. This phase of the study, conducted between February and September 2002, aimed to make recommendations regarding study methodology, and provided an opportunity to identify any potential risk factors for STEC ...
متن کاملEpidemiology of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli in Australia, 2000-2010
BACKGROUND Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are an important cause of gastroenteritis in Australia and worldwide and can also result in serious sequelae such as haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS). In this paper we describe the epidemiology of STEC in Australia using the latest available data. METHODS National and state notifications data, as well as data on serotypes, hospitalizat...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report
دوره 28 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004