The mean annual incidence of hemolytic uremic syndrome in persons ≤15 years of age in Italy from 1988 to 2000 was 0.28 per 100,000 population. Laboratory investigations showed that Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection occurred in 73.1% of patients. STEC O157 was the most common serotype, but a considerable number of cases were from infections by non-0157 STEC.
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome, Italy, 1988-2000 / A.E. Tozzi, A. Caprioli, F. Minelli, A. Gianviti, L. De Petris, A. Edefonti, G. Montini, A. Ferretti, T. De Palo, M. Gaido, G. Rizzoni, A. Bettinelli, G. Capasso, A. Caringella, R. Coppo, G. Lama, S. Li Volti, S. Maffei, S. Maringhini, N. Miglietti, C. Pecoraro, I. Pela, M. Pennesi, R. Penza, L. Peratoner, F. Perfumo, I. Ratsche, E. Salvaggio, C. Setzu, G. Zacchello. - In: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 1080-6040. - 9:1(2003 Jan), pp. 106-108.
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome, Italy, 1988-2000
G. Montini;
2003
Abstract
The mean annual incidence of hemolytic uremic syndrome in persons ≤15 years of age in Italy from 1988 to 2000 was 0.28 per 100,000 population. Laboratory investigations showed that Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection occurred in 73.1% of patients. STEC O157 was the most common serotype, but a considerable number of cases were from infections by non-0157 STEC.
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