Escherichia coli O157 outbreak associated with fresh unpasteurized goats' cheese

Publié le 1 février 2006
Mis à jour le 11 juin 2019

A family cluster of three cases of Escherichia coli O157 infection was identified in France. Two cases developed haemolytic-uraemic syndrome. The source was fresh unpasteurized goats" cheese, produced by an independent producer. Three E. coli O157 strains, isolated from one HUS case and faeces of one cow and one goat, were indistinguishable by toxin type and PFGE pattern.

Auteur : Espie E, Vaillant V, Mariani Kurkdjian P, Grimont F, Martin Schaller R, de Valk H, Vernozy Rozand C
Epidemiology and Infection, 2006, vol. 134, n°. 1, p. 143-6