[Isolation of vero toxin-producing Escherichia coli (enterohemorrhagic E. coli) O111:H- from 2 cases diagnosed as appendicitis].
Vero toxin-producing E. coli O111:H- was isolated from 2 cases of patients with severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea and were diagnosed as appendicitis. E. coli from both cases produced both VT1 and VT2.
Uchimura
M
M
Chibe Prefectual Institute of Public Health.
Tsuruoka
Y
Y
Hukuda
T
T
Suzuki
K
K
Yamasaki
S
S
Takeda
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1