| Description |
E. coli O157:H7 (Reference #10)
specific for E-coli O157 (e.g. Escherichia coli O157, E. coli O157, E. coli
serotype O157, etc.). Some sites have already done this and will not need to
generate a new entry.
NOTE: Entering Escherichia coli or E. coli from the bacterial etiology and
then entering "serotype O157" or "O157", under the "Comments section"
or in "Free Text" is not acceptable as it will not allow the data to
be retrieved nationally).
Escherichia coli serotype O157 (E. coli O157) has gained prominence as a
food-borne illness with potentially life threatening complications coming from
the associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Not all sites routinely culture for
the presence of E. coli O157 in stool specimens submitted for culture. Also, E.
coli O157 is not a microbiologic (bacterial) etiology pre-existing in the most
recent - national microbiology lab package. In order to nationally track
cultures positive for this organism, each site will need to make an etiology
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