Response to: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 in Libya

We have read with interest the Letter to the Editor by Ahmed and Abouzeed reporting on the important issue of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 (EHEC O157) in dairy cattle in Libya ( 1 ). Based on two cited references, the authors state that: “Surveys of diarrheal stools from children in African nations, including Libya, have detected EHEC O157 in 8–15% of the samples”. One of the cited studies is not related to Africa, and the other, on the characterization of diarrheagenic E. coli from diarrheic Libyan children, clearly stated that EHEC was not detected in the stool specimens examined. (Published: 11 June 2014) Citation: Libyan J Med 2014, 9 : 24840 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ljm.v9.24840 This is a response to a Letter to the Editor. Please find the original paper here and the Reply from the authors here .