

@article {2148,
	title = {{A large outbreak of hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by an unusual sorbitol-fermenting strain of Escherichia coli O157:H}},
	journal = {J Infect Dis},
	volume = {179},
	number = {5},
	year = {1999},
	pages = {1274{\textendash}1277},
	edition = {1999/04/07},
	abstract = {{Escherichia coli O157:H7 does not ferment sorbitol, a factor used to differentiate it from other E. coli. From December 1995 to March 1996, 28 children with hemolytic uremic syndrome in Bavaria, Germany, were identified; many had a sorbitol-fermenting (sf) E. coli O157:H- cultured. A case-control study showed a dose-response relationship between sausage consumption and illness. A second case-control study showed a relationship between mortadella and teewurst consumption and illness, particularly during December (mortadella odds ratio [OR], 10.5},
	isbn = {0022-1899 (Print)
0022-1899 (Linking)},
	doi = {JID980967 [pii]
10.1086/314715},
	author = {Ammon, A and Petersen, L R and Karch, H}
}
