Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: incidence and clinical features in a setting with complete screening of patients with suspected infective diarrhoea

摘要

Objectives: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) causes diarrhoeal disease, bloody diarrhoea, and haemolytic uraemic syndrome. The aim of this study was to describe the incidence of STEC and the clinical features of STEC patients from a well-defined Danish population in which all fecal samples of patients with suspected infective gastroenteritis were analysed for STEC.