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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1803.111358
Personal Author:
Stigi, Kathleen A. ; MacDonald, J. Kathryn ; Tellez-Marfin, Anthony A. ; Lofy, Kathryn H. ;
Stigi, Kathleen A. ; MacDonald, J. Kathryn ; Tellez-Marfin, Anthony A. ; Lofy, Kathryn H. ; Less -
Description:
We surveyed laboratories in Washington State, USA, and found that increased use of Shiga toxin assays correlated with increased reported incidence of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections during 2005-2010. Despite increased assay use, only half of processed stool specimens underwent Shiga toxin testing during 2010, suggesting substantial underdetection of non-O157 STEC infections.
Subject:
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Bacteria
Bacteriological Techniques
Dispatch
E. Coli
Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli
Escherichia Coli
Escherichia Coli Infections
Escherichia Coli O157
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Humans
HUS
Incidence
Laboratories
Microbiology
Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia Coli
Shiga Toxin 1
Shiga Toxin 2
STEC
Virulence Factors
Washington

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 18(3):477-479. ;
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Funding:
5U38HM000414/HM/NCHM CDC HHS/United States ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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