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Case Reports
. 2006 Feb;134(1):143-6.
doi: 10.1017/S0950268805004887.

Escherichia coli O157 outbreak associated with fresh unpasteurized goats' cheese

E Espié  1 , V Vaillant, P Mariani-Kurkdjian, F Grimont, R Martin-Schaller, H De Valk, C Vernozy-Rozand
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Escherichia coli O157 outbreak associated with fresh unpasteurized goats' cheese

E Espié et al. Epidemiol Infect. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

A family cluster of three cases of Escherichia coli O157 infection was identified in France. Two cases developed haemolytic-uraemic syndrome. The source was fresh unpasteurized goats' cheese, produced by an independent producer. Three E. coli O157 strains, isolated from one HUS case and faeces of one cow and one goat, were indistinguishable by toxin type and PFGE pattern.

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Pulsed field gel electrophoresis of genomic DNA of E. coli O157 strains digested with restriction enzyme XbaI, June 2004, France. M, lambda ladder; lane 1, strain CIP 105242; lane 2, cow's strain; lane 3, goat's strain; lane 4, HUS strain; lanes 5, 6, non-related strains.
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