Volume 4, Number 4—December 1998
Dispatch
Human Infections with Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Other Than Serogroup O157 in Germany
Lothar Beutin
, Sonja Zimmermann, and Kerstin Gleier
, Sonja Zimmermann, and Kerstin GleierTable 2
Age of patients and STEC type (eaeA)
| No. of patients with STEC-isolate |
||
|---|---|---|
| Patient age (years)a | eaeA-positive | eaeA-negative |
| 0-1 | 6 | 1 |
| 1-2 | 13 | 1 |
| 2-3 | 11 | 1 |
| 3-4 | 5 | 2 |
| 4-5 | 2 | 1 |
| 5-6 | 4 | 0 |
| 6-10 | 2 | 2 |
| 10-15 | 2 | 4 |
| 15-20 | 0 | 4 |
| 20-30 | 2 | 2 |
| 30-40 | 3 | 5 |
| 40-50 | 4 | 2 |
| 50-60 | 0 | 6 |
| 60-72 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 54 | 31 |
aPatient's age was known in 85 cases. The youngest patient was 3 months of age; the oldest, 72 years of age.
