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Title: | Risk factors for sporadic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections in children, Argentina | Authors: | Rivas, Marta Sosa-Estani, Sergio Rangel, Josefa Caletti, María Gracia Vallés, Patricia Roldán, Carlos Daniel Balbi, Laura Marsano de Mollar, Maria C Amoedo, Diego Miliwebsky, Elizabeth Chinen, Isabel Hoekstra, Robert M Mead, Paul Griffin, Patricia M |
Keywords: | Toxina Shiga;Escherichia coli;Argentina;Síndrome Hemolítico-Urémico;Factores de Riesgo | Issue Date: | May-2008 | Publisher: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Journal: | Emerging infectious diseases | Abstract: | We evaluated risk factors for sporadic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection among children in Argentina. We conducted a prospective case-control study in 2 sites and enrolled 150 case-patients and 299 controls. The median age of case-patients was 1.8 years; 58% were girls. Serotype O157:H7 was the most commonly isolated STEC. Exposures associated with infection included eating undercooked beef, living in or visiting a place with farm animals, and contact with a child <5 years of age with diarrhea. Protective factors included the respondent reporting that he or she always washed hands after handling raw beef and the child eating more than the median number of fruits and vegetables. Many STEC infections in children could be prevented by avoiding consumption of undercooked beef, limiting exposure to farm animals and their environment, not being exposed to children with diarrhea, and washing hands after handling raw beef. |
Description: | Fil: Rivas, Marta. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina. Fil: Sosa-Estani, Sergio. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemo-Epidemias; Argentina. Fil: Rangel, Josefa. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Estados Unidos. Fil: Caletti, María Gracia. Hospital Nacional de Pediatría, Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Vallés, Patricia. Hospital Pediátrico, Mendoza; Argentina. Fil: Roldán, Carlos Daniel. Hospital Nacional de Pediatría, Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Balbi, Laura. Hospital Pediátrico, Mendoza; Argentina. Fil: Marsano de Mollar, Maria C. Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Salud, Mendoza; Argentina. Fil: Amoedo, Diego. Hospital Nacional de Pediatría, Buenos Aires; Argentina. Fil: Miliwebsky, Elizabeth. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina Fil: Chinen, Isabel. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina. Fil: Hoekstra, Robert M. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Estados Unidos. Fil: Mead, Paul. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Estados Unidos. Fil: Griffin, Patricia M. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Estados Unidos. |
URI: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600246/pdf/07-1050_finalR.pdf http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/1993 |
DOI: | 10.3201/eid1405.071050 | Rights: | Open Access Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License |
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