Shiga Toxin-Producing Testing in New York 2011-2022 Reveals Increase in Non-O157 Identifications.

Shiga toxin-producing (STEC) are an important cause of bacterial enteric infection. STEC strains cause serious human gastrointestinal disease, which may result in life-threatening complications such as hemolytic uremic syndrome. They have the potential to impact public health due to diagnostic challenges of identifying non-O157 strains in the clinical laboratory.