Shiga Toxin‒Producing Escherichia coli Diagnoses from Health Practitioners, Queensland, Australia

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 199 - 202
• Main Authors: Shrestha, Ashish C, Stafford, Russell, Bell, Robert, Jennison, Amy V, Graham, Rikki M A, Field, Emma, Lambert, Stephen B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.01.2024; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Asymptomatic; Australia - epidemiology; bacteria; Diagnoses from Health Practitioners, Queensland, Australia; Diagnosis; Diarrhea - diagnosis; E coli; Elder care; Epidemiology; Escherichia coli Infections - diagnosis; Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology; Genes; Health surveillance; hemolytic uremic syndrome; Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome - diagnosis; Humans; HUS; Infection; Infections; Infectious diseases; Laboratories; Pathology; Public health; Queensland - epidemiology; Research Letter; Shiga Toxin‒Producing; Shiga toxin‒producing Escherichia coli; Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli - genetics; STEC; stx; Toxins; Australia; Queensland; Japan; Queensland Australia; Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia; Shiga toxin‒producing Escherichia coli; bacteria; alternative health practitioners; stx; HUS; STEC; Australia; diagnoses; diagnostic laboratories; hemolytic uremic syndrome; Queensland; bloody diarrhea
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid3001.231202

In Queensland, Australia, 31 of 96 Shiga toxin‒producing Escherichia coli cases during 2020-2022 were reported by a specialty pathology laboratory servicing alternative health practitioners. Those new cases were more likely to be asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic, prompting a review of the standard public health response.