Child care-associated outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and hemolytic uremic syndrome

Ryan M. Raffaelli; Marc Paladini; Heather Hanson; Laura Kornstein; Alice Agasan; Sally Slavinski; Don Weiss; Glenn J. Fennelly; Joseph T. Flynn

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e31812571f6

Child care-associated outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and hemolytic uremic syndrome

Ryan M. Raffaelli, Marc Paladini, Heather Hanson, Laura Kornstein, Alice Agasan, Sally Slavinski, Don Weiss, Glenn J. Fennelly, Joseph T. Flynn

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Abstract

We present an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 diarrhea in an urban child care center. Eleven of 45 attendees with diarrhea had positive tests (stool culture or shiga-like toxin assay) for E. coli O157:H7. Two of these 11 (18%) progressed to hemolytic uremic syndrome. Diarrheal illness in child care centers should be considered a public health risk. Staff education, hand washing, and cohorting or exclusion of attendees with diarrhea must be performed to help control infectious outbreaks.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	951-953
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	26
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0b013e31812571f6
State	Published - Oct 1 2007
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Child care
E. coli O157:H7
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Public health

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Child care-associated outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and hemolytic uremic syndrome. / Raffaelli, Ryan M.; Paladini, Marc; Hanson, Heather; Kornstein, Laura; Agasan, Alice; Slavinski, Sally; Weiss, Don; Fennelly, Glenn J.; Flynn, Joseph T.

In: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Vol. 26, No. 10, 01.10.2007, p. 951-953.

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