The Central Scotland<i>Escherichia coli</i>O157:H7 Outbreak: Risk Factors for the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Death among Hospitalized Patients

Dundas, Stephanie; Todd, W.T.A.; I. Stewart, Alastair; S. Murdoch, Peter; Chaudhuri, A.K.R.; Hutchinson, Sharon

doi:10.1086/322598

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The Central ScotlandEscherichia coliO157:H7 Outbreak: Risk Factors for the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and Death among Hospitalized Patients

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Oct 1, 2001

Authors:

Stephanie Dundas

W.T.A. Todd

Alastair I. Stewart

Abstract

Little is known about risk factors for complications of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in adults. The 1996 outbreak in central Scotland involved the largest number of adult case patients in whom hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) developed and, ultimately, the largest number of deaths associated wi...

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Medicine

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