title: Occurrence and phenotypic properties of verotoxin producing Escherichia coli in sporadic cases of gastroenteritis.
abstract: Five verotoxin producing Escherichia coli strains were detected in 405 patients with infectious gastroenteritis and 3 such strains were detected in 11 patients with the hemolytic uremic syndrome in Switzerland. Production of verotoxin 2 was associated with the latter three strains. Four strains reacted with the probe for the virulence plasmid of Escherichia coli O157:H7, and six reacted with a recently described probe for the eae gene of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. None of the strains was of serotype O157:H7. The methods available at present for detecting toxins or toxin genes will reliably detect all such verotoxin producing strains.
authors.affiliation: National Reference Laboratory for Foodborne Diseases, University of Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Burnens
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boss
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Orskov
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Orskov
authors.forename: U B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Schaad
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heinzle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nicolet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1