Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Is More Likely to Lead to Hospitalization and Death than Non-O157 Serogroups – Except O104

Karina Preußel; Michael Höhle; Klaus Stark; Dirk Werber

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078180

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Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Is More Likely to Lead to Hospitalization and Death than Non-O157 Serogroups – Except O104

Karina Preußel ,

* E-mail: PreusselK@rki.de

Affiliations Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany, Berlin School of Public Health, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Michael Höhle,

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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Klaus Stark,

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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Dirk Werber

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany
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Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 Is More Likely to Lead to Hospitalization and Death than Non-O157 Serogroups – Except O104

Karina Preußel,
Michael Höhle,
Klaus Stark,
Dirk Werber

Published: November 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078180

About the Authors

Karina Preußel

* E-mail: PreusselK@rki.de

Affiliations Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany, Berlin School of Public Health, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Michael Höhle

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany

Klaus Stark

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany

Dirk Werber

Affiliation Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KP DW. Analyzed the data: KP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH. Wrote the paper: KP MH KS DW. Provided epidemiological interpretation and advice: MH KS DW.

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