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At the beginning of May an outbreak of bloody diarrhoea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) began in Germany. During the succeeding months following the initial outbreak in Germany, thousands of infections occurred resulting in 877 cases of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) with 32 deaths and 3,043 cases of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) with 16 deaths. Disturbingly, eight cases of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and eight cases of bloody diarrhoea have recently been reported in southern France. It now appears both outbreaks may have been caused by the same pathogen, Escherichia coli O104:H4. Please see the review article describing in more detail the characteristics of this bacterium by Chattaway et al. that is available open access in this issue of JIDC. Many challenges now face epidemiologists, microbiologists and health regulatory officials in preventing and managing these and future outbreaks of STEC 0104.

Palabras clave: EAEC; EHEC; HUS; Outbreak O104:H4.

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Vol. 5 Núm.6. Junio 2011 Pags. 437-440 J Infect Developing Countries 2011; 5(6)