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Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 outbreak associated with likely transmission in an inflatable home paddling pool in England, June 2017

Published:2018-05-10 Issue:5 Volume:138 Page:279-281
ISSN:1757-9139
Container-title:Perspectives in Public Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Perspect Public Health

Author:

Pereboom MTR¹²^ORCID,Todkill D³⁴,Knapper E⁵,Jenkins C⁶,Hawker J⁷,Coetzee N⁸

Affiliation:

1. Field Epidemiology Training Fellow, UK Field Epidemiology Training Programme, Public Health England, UK

2. Field Epidemiology Service, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Birmingham, UK

3. Consultant Epidemiologist (locum), Field Epidemiology Service, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Birmingham, UK

4. Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

5. Health Protection Nurse, Public Health England, West Midlands, Health Protection Team, Stafford, UK

6. Head of E. coli, Shigella, Yersinia and Vibrio Reference Service, National Infection Service, Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit, Public Health England, London, UK

7. Consultant Epidemiologist, Field Epidemiology Service, National Infection Service, Public Health England, Birmingham, UK

8. Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, Public Health England, West Midlands, Health Protection Team, Stafford, UK

Abstract

In June 2017, an outbreak of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 infection with phage type 21/28 and identical genotypic profiles involving three children from Staffordshire was reported. Two cases developed haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS). Person-to-person transmission via a shared inflatable home paddling pool was the most likely route of infection, following contamination by the first case. The source of infection in the first case was not identified. We recommend that individuals experiencing gastroenteritis should not bathe in paddling pools and that water should be changed at frequent intervals throughout the day to minimise the spread of infection.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1757913918774072

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