Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016
Synopsis
Two Linked Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli Outbreaks, Nottingham, UK, June 2014
Table 4
Summary of EIEC fecal sample test results by outbreak, Nottingham, United Kingdom, June 2014 (n = 61)*
Fecal sample test and result | Outbreak A, no. (%) |
Outbreak B, no. (%) |
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Case-patients | Food handlers | Case-patients | Food handlers | ||
EIEC O96:H19, culture positive | 20 (57.1) | 4 (33.3) | 3 (33.3) | 0 | |
EIEC PCR positive, ipaH gene | 9 (25.7) | 5 (41.7) | 5 (55.6) | 0 | |
EIEC-negative, PCR and culture | 6 (17.1) | 3 (25.0) | 0 | 5 (100) | |
Leaked sample not processed | 0 | 0 | 1 (11.1) | 0 | |
Total samples tested |
35 (100) |
12 (100) |
9 (100) |
5 (100) |
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*EIEC, enteroinvasive Escherichia coli. |
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