Incidence, clinical implications and impact on public health of infections with Shigella spp. and entero-invasive Escherichia coli (EIEC): results of a multicenter cross-sectional study in the Netherlands during 2016–2017

Abstract Background Shigella spp. and entero-invasive E. coli (EIEC) use the same invasive mechanism to cause diarrheal diseases. Public health regulations apply only to Shigella spp. infections, but are hampered by the lack of simple methods to distinguish them from EIEC. In the last decades, molec...

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Main Authors: Maaike J. C. van den Beld, Esther Warmelink, Alexander W. Friedrich, Frans A. G. Reubsaet, Maarten Schipper, Richard F. de Boer, Daan W. Notermans, Mariska W. F. Petrignani, Evert van Zanten, John W. A. Rossen, Ingrid H. M. Friesema, A. M. D. ( Mirjam) Kooistra-Smid, on behalf of the IBESS working group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4659-y