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A Large Outbreak of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Caused by an Unusual Sorbitol‐Fermenting Strain of<i>Escherichia coli</i>O157:H−
1 May 1999
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O157:H7 does not ferment sorbitol, a factor used to differentiate it from other E. coli. From December 1995 to March 1996, 28 children with hemolytic uremic syndrome in Bavaria, Germany, were identified; many had a sorbitol-fermenting (sf) E. coli O157:H- cultured. A case-control study showed a dose-response relationship between sausage consumption and illness. A second case-control study showed...
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