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Table 1 Clinical presentation of patients in Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand from whom STEC O157 strains were isolated between 1993 and 1996.

From: Characterisation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coliO157 strains isolated from humans in Argentina, Australia and New Zealand

 

No. (%) of strains from:

Clinical presentation

Argentina

Australia

New Zealand

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

22 (63)

6 (30)

8 (44)

Bloody diarrhoea

10 (29)

3 (15)

7 (39)

Non-bloody diarrhoea

3 (9)

5 (25)

2 (22)

Non-specific

0 (0)

6 (30)

1 (6)

Total

35 (100)

20 (100)

18 (100)