An Outbreak of Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli Foodborne Disease Traced to Imported French Cheese

Marier, Robert L.; Wells, JoyG; Swanson, RichardC.; Callahan, Walter S.; Mehlman, IraJ

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(73)93335-7

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“…This strain and that of Ewing & Gravatti were later identified as E. coli 0124. Strains of this serogroup have since caused outbreaks in hospitals in Britain (Rowe, Gross & Allen, 1974), water-borne outbreaks in the community in Hungary (Lanyi et al 1959) and a large outbreak in the United States in 1971 caused by contaminated French cheese (Marier et al 1973). Outbreaks due to entero-invasive E. coli 0164 have also been reported.…”

Section: Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Escherichia colidiarrhoea

Gross

Rowe

1985

J. Hyg.

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Ever since Escherich (1885) first isolated the organism now known asEscherichia colifrom the stools of infants, medical microbiologists have been faced with the problem of distinguishing between those strains capable of causing diarrhoea and those that are harmless gut commensals. Epidemiological investigations were greatly facilitated by the description by Kauffmann (1947) of a serotyping scheme forE. coli, and Taylor (1961) later reported that 17 0 serogroups ofE. colihad been implicated as possible causes of epidemic infantile enteritis. These infantile enteropathogenicE. coli(EPEC), having been discovered by epidemiological studies using serotyping, belonged by definition to a restricted range of serogroups. More recently it was shown that otherE. colistrains may produce enterotoxins, and these enterotoxigenicE. coli(ETEC) usually belong to particular serogroups which are different from those associated with EPEC.E. colistrains belonging to a third range of serogroups may cause an illness resembling shigella dysentery, and these may be regarded as entero-invasiveE. coli(EIEC).E. colistrains that cause diarrhoea may therefore be considered as three groups, as follows.

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Section: Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Escherichia colidiarrhoea

Gross

Rowe

1985

J. Hyg.

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“…Food-borne E. coli has previously been implicated in food poisoning outbreaks (Barnard & Callahan, 1971;Schnurrenberger, Beck & Pate, 1971;Marier et al 1973). B. Rowe (personal communication), in a follow-up study of a food-borne outbreak caused by E. coli 0 148 (Rowe, 1973), found that improved hygiene resulted in a marked reduction in the incidence of diarrhoea.…”

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Escherichia coliO 27 in adult diarrhoea

Hobbs¹,

Rowe²,

Kendall³

et al. 1976

J. Hyg.

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SUMMARYEscherichia coliO 27 H 7 was found in 16 stool samples submitted during a Caribbean cruise (CruiseZ) by 29 patients reporting with diarrhoea. A retrospective search revealedE. coliO 27 H 7 in 11 of 20 and 2 of 14 stool cultures from patients on two previous cruises (YandXrespectively) and in a culture from fresh cream (CruiseY). The repeated occurrence ofE. coliO 27 H 7 in the absence of any other apparent cause suggested that this serotype may have been responsible for the diarrhoea. The results of pathogenicity tests suggested that this strain elaborated heat-stable (ST) enterotoxin.The possibility that food may have been the vector is discussed.

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“…Genes, primers and sequences used in the Multiplex PCR. presence of this microorganism in cheeses has acquired a special significance (MARIER et al, 1973;PANETO et al, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%