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Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in patients with diarrhoea in Switzerland
H Schmid1, A P Burnens, A Baumgartner
1Division of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, 3003 Bern, Switzerland, hans.schmid@bag.admin.ch
Abstract:
The present study was conducted between October 1996 and October 1998 to estimate the frequency of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli among outpatients with diarrhoea in Switzerland. Among 3,041 subjects studied, 16 (0.5%) verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infections were identified. Eleven cases were in infants and children