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Escherichia Coli
Reports from A.M. Wendel and co-researchers add new data to research in Escherichia coli
May 5th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection often causes hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. In 2006, the Wisconsin Division of Public Health and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, in cooperation with other local, state, and federal partners, investigated an outbreak of E. coli O157: H7 infection." "In September 2006, the Wisconsin Division of Public Health and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene were able to link geographically dispersed E. coli O157: H7 isolates recovered from the stool samples of ill persons, all of which had the same pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern (i.e outbreak pattern)....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-05)
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