Outbreak of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 Associated With Organic Fenugreek Sprouts, France, June 2011

A. King, Lisa; Nogareda, Francisco; Weill, François‐Xavier; Mariani‐Kurkdjian, Patricia; Loukiadis, Estelle; Gault, G.; Jourdan-DaSilva, N.; Bingen, Édouard; Macé, Muriel; Thévenot, D.; Ong, N; Castor, C.; Noël, Harold; Van Cauteren, Dieter; Charron, M.; Vaillant, V; E. Martínez de Morentin Aldabe, Blanca; Goulet, V.; Delmas, Gilles; Couturier, Élisabeth; Le Strat, Yann; Combe, Christian; Delmas, Yahsou; Terrier, F.; Vendrely, Benoı̂t; Rolland, P.; de Valk, Henriette

doi:10.1093/cid/cis255

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Outbreak of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 Associated With Organic Fenugreek Sprouts, France, June 2011

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Mar 28, 2012

Authors:

Lisa A. King

Francisco Nogareda

François‐Xavier Weill

Abstract

BACKGROUND: On 22 June 2011, 8 patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) or bloody diarrhea were reported in France. All 8 were attendees of a community center event on 8 June near Bordeaux. Three Escherichia coli cases were confirmed by isolation of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O104:H4 stx2 ag...

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Bloody diarrhea

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