Laboratory surveillance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in South Australia and the Hunter Health Area, New South Wales, Australia

Authors

  • Robyn Doyle Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, South Australia
  • Kieda Watson Hunter Area Pathology Service, Newcastle, New South Wales
  • Leanne E Unicomb OzFoodNet, Hunter Population Health, Wallsend, New South Wales
  • Janice A Lanser Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales
  • Rolf Wise Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, South Australia
  • Rod Ratcliff Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, South Australia
  • Barry Combs OzFoodNet, Communicable Disease Control Branch, Department of Health, PO Box 6, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA 5000
  • John Ferguson Hunter Area Pathology Service, Newcastle, New South Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2004.28.43

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Shiga toxin, Escherichia coli, Australia

Abstract

To estimate the prevalence of shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli in Australia, bloody stool samples from two Australian locations were screened for the presence of shiga toxin genes, stx1 and stx2. Four of 126 (3.2%) and 139 of 5,829 (2.4%) patients from the two locations had a positive Polymerase Chain Reaction for shiga toxin genes. Commun Dis Intell 2004;28:390–391.

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30/09/04

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Doyle, Robyn, Kieda Watson, Leanne E Unicomb, Janice A Lanser, Rolf Wise, Rod Ratcliff, Barry Combs, and John Ferguson. 2004. “Laboratory Surveillance of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli in South Australia and the Hunter Health Area, New South Wales, Australia”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 28 (September):390–391. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2004.28.43.

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Vol. 28 (2004)

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