Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 25, 23 June 2011
Rapid communications
Household transmission of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with Escherichia coli O104:H4 in the Netherlands, May 2011
E J Kuijper (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, D Soonawala<SUP>2</SUP>, C Vermont<SUP>3</SUP>, J T van Dissel<SUP>4</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Kuijper EJ, Soonawala D, Vermont C, van Dissel JT. Household transmission of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with Escherichia coli O104:H4 in the Netherlands, May 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(25)
ii=19897. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19897
Date of submission: 22 June 2011 <HR>Following the outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and haemorrhagic colitis in Germany, two patients returning from a stay in Germany developed HUS due to Escherichia coli O104:H4 in the Netherlands. The index case developed symptoms eight days, and her child 15 days after their return. It is very likely that transmission resulted from secondary spread from mother to child. Recommendations should be made to prevent secondary transmission within households.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 25, 23 June 2011
Rapid communications
Household transmission of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with Escherichia coli O104:H4 in the Netherlands, May 2011
E J Kuijper (
- Department Medical Microbiology, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Nefrology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Paediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Department of Infectious Disease, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
Citation style for this article: Kuijper EJ, Soonawala D, Vermont C, van Dissel JT. Household transmission of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with Escherichia coli O104:H4 in the Netherlands, May 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(25)
ii=19897. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19897 Date of submission: 22 June 2011 <HR>Following the outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and haemorrhagic colitis in Germany, two patients returning from a stay in Germany developed HUS due to Escherichia coli O104:H4 in the Netherlands. The index case developed symptoms eight days, and her child 15 days after their return. It is very likely that transmission resulted from secondary spread from mother to child. Recommendations should be made to prevent secondary transmission within households.