Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 among French tourists returning from Turkey, September 2011

Eight cases of diarrhoea, including two cases of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), were identified among 22 French tourists who travelled to Turkey in September 2011. A strain of Escherichia coli O104:H4 stx2-positive, eae-negative, hlyA-negative, aggR-positive, ESBL-negative was isolated from one HUS case. Molecular analyses show this strain to be genetically similar but not indistinguishable from the E. coli O104:H4 2011 outbreak strain of France and Germany. Although the source of infection was not identified, we conclude that the HUS cases had probably been infected in Turkey. (R.A.)

Author(s): Jourdan Da Silva N, Watrin M, Weill FX, King LA, Gouali M, Mailles A, van Cauteren D, Bataille M, Guettier S, Castrale C, Henry P, Mariani P, Vaillant V, de Valk H

Publishing year: 2012

Pages: pii=20065

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