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. 2019 May;24(22):1900305.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.22.1900305.

Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O26 paediatric haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) cases associated with the consumption of soft raw cow's milk cheeses, France, March to May 2019

Gabrielle Jones  1 , Sophie Lefèvre  2 , Marie-Pierre Donguy  3 , Athinna Nisavanh  1 , Garance Terpant  4 , Erica Fougère  4 , Emmanuelle Vaissière  4 , Anne Guinard  5 , Alexandra Mailles  1 , Henriette de Valk  1 , Marc Fila  6 , Corentin Tanné  7   8 , Caroline Le Borgne  9 , François-Xavier Weill  2 , Stéphane Bonacorsi  10 , Nathalie Jourdan-Da Silva  1 , Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian  10
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Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O26 paediatric haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) cases associated with the consumption of soft raw cow's milk cheeses, France, March to May 2019

Gabrielle Jones et al. Euro Surveill. 2019 May.

Abstract

We report an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) associated paediatric haemolytic uraemic syndrome linked to the consumption of raw cow's milk soft cheeses. From 25 March to 27 May 2019, 16 outbreak cases infected with STEC O26 (median age: 22 months) were identified. Interviews and trace-back investigations using loyalty cards identified the consumption of raw milk cheeses from a single producer. Trace-forward investigations revealed that these cheeses were internationally distributed.

Keywords: Escherichia coli; France; HUS; O26; STEC; raw milk cheese.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Distribution of outbreak and suspected cases by week of symptom onset, France, March–May 2019 (n = 17)
Figure 2
Figure 2
SNP-based phylogenetic tree of STEC O26:H11, ST21, performed by the NRC-ESS, France, 2019
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