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

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Shiga toxin‒producing Escherichia coli
• bacteria
• STEC
• hemolytic uremic syndrome
• HUS
• stx