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Children under 15 years presenting with microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal impairment were identified.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Ninety eight cases were identified (incidence 0.64 per 10<jats:sup>5<\/jats:sup> children &lt;15 years\/annum and 1.35 per 10<jats:sup>5<\/jats:sup> children &lt;5 years\/annum). Eighty four were associated with diarrhoea (64 sporadic, 20 constituting an outbreak) and 14 were atypical. Shiga toxin producing<jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> (STEC) O111:H\u2212 was the most common isolate in sporadic HUS and caused the outbreak. However O111:H\u2212 isolates from outbreak and sporadic cases differed in phage type and subtyping by DNA electrophoresis. STEC isolates from sporadic cases included O26:H\u2212, O113:H21, O130:H11, OR:H9, O157:H\u2212, ONT:H7, and ONT:H\u2212. STEC O157:H7 was not isolated from any case. Only O111:H\u2212 isolates produced both Shiga toxins 1 and 2 and possessed genes encoding <jats:italic>E coli <\/jats:italic>attaching and effacing gene (intimin) and enterohemolysin. Outbreak cases had worse gastrointestinal and renal disease at presentation and more extrarenal complications.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Linking national surveillance with a specialised laboratory service allowed estimation of HUS incidence and provided information on its aetiology. In contrast to North America, Japan, and the British Isles, STEC O157:H7 is rare in Australia; however, non-O157:H7 STEC cause severe disease including outbreaks. 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