An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157[ratio ]H7 infections and haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with consumption of unpasteurized apple cider
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An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection associated with unpasteurized non-commercial, custom-pressed apple cider--Ontario, 1998.
On 28 October 1998, the Perth District Health Unit received two reports of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection presenting as bloody diarrhea, in an unrelated child and a young adult from opposite ends of Perth County. The public-health inspector found that the only risk factor for each person was consumption of unpasteurized apple cider. In the child’s family, a sibling and the child’s mother we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Infection
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0950-2688,1469-4409
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268899003258