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An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 associated with a children's paddling pool

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

D. H. Brewster ,
M. I. Brown ,
D. Robertson ,
G. L. Houghton ,
J. Bimson  and
J. C. M. Sharp
D. H. Brewster
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Borders Health Board, Melrose TD6 9BP
M. I. Brown
Affiliation:
Microbiology Department. Borders General Hospital, Melrose TD6 9BS
D. Robertson
Affiliation:
Environmental Services Department, Ettrick and Lauderdale District Council, Galashids TD1 3AS
G. L. Houghton
Affiliation:
Environmental Services Department, Ettrick and Lauderdale District Council, Galashids TD1 3AS
J. Bimson
Affiliation:
Infection Control Nursing Officer, Borders Health Board, Melrose TD6 9BS
J. C. M. Sharp
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit, Ruchill Hospital. Glasgow G20 9NB
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In May 1992. a small, circumscribed community outbreak of infection due to verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 phage type 49 occurred in a semi-rural area of south-east Scotland. On the basis of stool cultures, six cases were identified, one of whom was asymptomatic. One child developed the haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Although the source of infection of the index case was not established nor could the extent of person-to-person spread be fully determined, the clinical, microbiological and epidemiological evidence available indicated that a children's paddling pool served as the focal point in the transmission of infection causing the outbreak.

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Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 112 , Issue 3 , June 1994 , pp. 441 - 447
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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