Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Incidence in New York

摘要

A comparison of New York's traditional communicabledisease surveillance system for diarrhea-associatedhemolytic uremic syndrome with hospital discharge datashowed a sensitivity of 65%. Escherichia coli O157:H7 wasfound in 63% of samples cultured from hemolytic uremicsyndrome patients, and samples were more likely to bepositive when collected early in illness