title: Isolation of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain producing Shiga toxin 1 but not Shiga toxin 2 from a patient with hemolytic uremic syndrome in Korea.
abstract: Escherichia coli strains isolated from patients with diarrhea or hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) at Pusan University Hospital, South Korea, between 1990 and 1996 were examined for traits of the O157:H7 serogroup. One strain isolated from a patient with HUS belonged to the O157:H7 serotype, possessed a 60-MDa plasmid, the eae gene, and ability to produce Shiga toxin 1 but not Shiga toxin 2. Arbitrarily primed PCR analysis suggested that this strain is genetically very close to a O157:H7 strain isolated in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morigaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishibuchi
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007723:Korea; D008296:Malaysia; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2