| new perspectives on the role of escherichia coli o157:h7 and other enterohaemorrhagic e. coli serotypes in human disease. | this review compares the rates of detection of non-o157:h7 enterohaemorrhagic escherichia coli (ehec) with ehec o157:h7 in outbreaks and sporadic cases of human disease by analysing australian data and the world literature. numerous outbreaks of disease have been attributed to ehec o157:h7. in many studies, isolation rates of this organism have been low and attempts to seek other ehec have not been made. ease of isolation and identification of the o157:h7 serotype may have given the impression t ... | 1998 | 9856639 |