title: Serological and biochemical properties of Shiga-like toxin (verocytotoxin)-producing strains of Escherichia coli, other than O-group 157, from patients in Germany.
abstract: During 1987-1990, 62 infections with Shiga-like toxin (Verocytotoxin)-producing E. coli, other than O group 157, were identified. The isolates belonged to 26 serovars within 20 O groups; of them, 10 serovars belonged to 6 O groups of traditional enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). The serovars O2:H5 and O91:H14 were exclusively associated with ulcerative colitis. Eighteen patients (children under 4 years of age) developed a haemolytic uraemic syndrome. All together, 31 strains produced SLT I, 26 strains, SLT II, and 5 strains, both toxins. All strains produced beta-glucuronidase and fermented, with one exception, D-sorbitol. The phenotypic diversity of SLT-producing E. coli implies that the only means of their identification is by indirect (genetic) or direct (phenotypic) demonstration of toxin production.
authors.affiliation: Medizinaluntersuchungsanstalt, Hygienisches Institut, Hamburg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bockemühl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aleksić
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000382:microbiology; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D005858:Germany; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010641:Phenotype; D012703:Serotyping; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D003603:Cytotoxins; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1