title: [Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection].
abstract: Escherichia coli O157:H7 differs from previously described diarrheagenic E. coli classes (enteropathogenic, enteroinvasive, enterotoxigenic) by distinct clinical symptoms, production of verotoxin (VT) and a specific plasmid. Cattle are the primary reservoirs of E. coli O157:H7. The organism may be transmitted through the consumption of contaminated foods (mainly of bovine origin) and by person-to-person contact. The most typical clinical manifestations of E. coli O157:H7 infection are hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic-uremic syndrome. Since the 1982 many outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 infections as well as sporadic cases have been documented. Diagnosis of E. coli O157:H7 is based on a positive stool culture, presence of VT and elevated serum antibodies. The best currently available and inexpensive method for diagnosing E. coli O157:H7 is culture of stool on sorbitol-Mac Conkey agar medium.
authors.affiliation: II Oddział Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Dzieciecego im. P. Brudzińskiego w Dziekanowie Leśnym.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Michałowicz-Wojczyńska
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gawrych
mesh_terms: D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Zakazenie Escherichia coli enterokrwotoczna O157:H7.