Ashley E Cukrovany, Danielle Wroblewski, Samantha E Wirth, Lisa M Thompson, Amy L Saylors, Julia A Connors, Deborah J Baker, Michelle C Dickinson, Charles E MacGowan, Cyndel Vollmer, Daniel T Woods, Kimberlee A Musser, Lisa A Mingle
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are an important cause of bacterial enteric infection. STEC strains cause serious human gastrointestinal disease, which may result in life-threatening complications such as hemolytic uremic syndrome. They have the potential to impact public health due to diagnostic challenges of identifying non-O157 strains in the clinical laboratory. The Wadsworth Center (WC), the public health laboratory of the New York State Department of Health, has isolated and identified non-O157 STEC for decades...
March 7, 2024: Foodborne Pathogens and Disease