Information resources and latest news about the Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) outbreak in Germany available from ECDC

摘要

On 22 May 2011, Germany reported a significantincrease in the number of patients with haemolyticuremic syndrome (HUS) and bloody diarrhoea causedby Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). ECDChas set up a special web page dedicated to the STECoutbreak 1. This includes clinical reference informa-tion 2 which may be useful to those involved in thecare of patients with STEC infection and with HUS aswell as guidance on diagnostic investigations 3. TheCentre publishes epidemiological updates 4, whichcontain the most recent numbers of HUS and non-HUScases. In these updates, Member States report casesaccording to the new European Union case definition.