The carrier state of shiga-like toxin II (SLT II) and hemolysin-producing enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strain.
Shiga-like toxin-producing (SLTEC) Escherichia coli strains are one of the most important food borne emerging pathogens. One hundred and fifty-seven E. coli strains isolated from 39 children with diarrhea of unknown origin and one hundred and five E. coli strains from 20 healthy children were examined for Shiga-like toxin production in Vero cell line assay. The synthesis of Shiga-like toxin was observed on Vero cell line and confirmed by PCR for one of 262 E. coli strains tested. The shiga-like toxin II-positive E. coli strain was isolated from 2-years old healthy child with no symptoms of gastrointestinal tract infection.
University of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, 4 Chałubińskiego Street, 50-368 Wrocław, Poland.
Beata M
BM
Sobieszczańska
Romuald
R
Gryko
Ewa
E
Dworniczek
Katarzyna
K
Kuzko
D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014709:Vero Cells
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2