Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: isolate of serotype O123:H-is recorded in the database of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Escherichia and Klebsiella (F.Scheutz, pers.comm.).Two strains of STEC O123:H-stx2d were isolated from asymptomatic persons in Germany during 1996-2000 (8).A study in Australia in 2003 reported using a strain of O123:H-stx1 stx2 ehxA from Switzerland that had been isolated from a person with diarrhea (9).We report foodborne transmission of STEC O123:H-that resulted in a cluster of clinical cases of infection.Eating ground beef is a well-established mode of STEC transmission, particularly for serotype O157:H7.STEC serotype O123:H-has been isolated from feces of healthy lambs and sheep in Spain ( 10) and in southwestern Australia (9) and is considered to be among the predominant ovine STEC serotypes in these countries.This family outbreak shows that STEC serotype O123:H-, albeit rarely described as causing human illness, can cause severe human infection.This serotype can also cause clusters of STEC infections and be transmitted by ingestion of undercooked ground beef.
Source: Emerging infectious diseases
Authors: Waseem Alhushki, Chokechai Rongkavilit
Institution: Wayne State University
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2091607488