Risk factors for sporadic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 infections in FoodNet sites, 1999–2000

To monitor risk factors for illness, we conducted a case-control study of sporadic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 (STEC O157) infections in 1999–2000. Laboratory-confirmed cases of STEC O157 infection were identified through active laboratory surveillance in all or part of seven states....

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2007-08, Vol.135 (6), p.993-1000
Main Authors: VOETSCH, A. C., KENNEDY, M. H., KEENE, W. E., SMITH, K. E., RABATSKY-EHR, T., ZANSKY, S., THOMAS, S. M., MOHLE-BOETANI, J., SPARLING, P. H., McGAVERN, M. B., MEAD, P. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Bacteriology
Beef
Biological and medical sciences
Case control studies
Child
Diseases
E coli
Epidemiology
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Infections - diagnosis
Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology
Escherichia coli O157
Female
Food contamination & poisoning
Food Microbiology
Food safety
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Ground beef
Hamburgers
Humans
Illnesses
Infections
Laboratories
Male
Microbiology
Motility, taxis
Pathogens
Patients
Population Surveillance
Predisposing factors
Restaurants
Risk Factors
Scandals
Surveillance
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:To monitor risk factors for illness, we conducted a case-control study of sporadic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 (STEC O157) infections in 1999–2000. Laboratory-confirmed cases of STEC O157 infection were identified through active laboratory surveillance in all or part of seven states. Patients and age-matched controls were interviewed by telephone using a standard questionnaire. Information was collected on demographics, clinical illness, and exposures to food, water, and animals in the 7 days before the patient's illness onset. During the 12-month study, 283 patients and 534 controls were enrolled. STEC O157 infection was associated with eating pink hamburgers, drinking untreated surface water, and contact with cattle. Eating produce was inversely associated with infection. Direct or indirect contact with cattle waste continues to be a leading identified source of sporadic STEC O157 infections.
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268806007564