[Epidemiology of sporadic pediatric enteritis patients due to verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli].
We tried to isolate verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) from 323 sporadic pediatric enteritis patients who came to three clinics in the Fukuoka area. We used the sorbitol-MacConkey medium for the isolation of VTEC O157:H7. For non-O157 VTEC strains we used the V1/PECS method. VT/PECS method was applied. VTEC strains were isolated from three patients (0.9%). None of the patients were seriously, ill or developed the hemolytic uremic syndrome. The three patients were all seen in the summer season, July and August. O157:H7 strains were isolated from two patients, and O145:NM from one. This study showed that sporadic enteritis cases due to VTEC exist in the Fukuoka area. In the future a rapid and easy method for the detection of VT or VTEC should be developed and commercialized to proceed with epidemiological studies of VTEC infections throughout Japan.
Morooka
T
T
Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka University.
Shibata
M
M
Yasumoto
S
S
Takeo
H
H
Oda
T
T
Murakami
N
N
Hirose
M
M
Kai
A
A
Kudoh
Y
Y
D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004751:Enteritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1