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PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli EHEC – Romania (02): O26, soft cheese susp

E. coli -- RomaniaOn 9 and 10 Feb 2016, the National Institute of Public Health of Romania (NIPH) was alerted about 12 pediatric cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The children, most of them under 2 years of age, were from Arges, Bucharest and Dolj districts and were all admitted to the Children's Emergency Hospital 'M.S. Curie', in Bucharest. All had initially presented with diarrhea, some with bloody diarrhea, with onset from 25 Jan 2016 to 9 Feb 2016. The NIPH and the Romanian Ministry Read more [...]