title: Hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O26. Case report.
abstract: Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) are nowadays among the most important emerging group of food-borne pathogens (VTEC strains cause gastroenteritis that can be complicated by the hemorrhagic colitis or hemolytic uremic syndrome, HUS). Escherichia coli 026 producing verotoxin 2 was isolated and its identity confirmed by examination of phenotype and genotype; the strain was first described in Slovakia in association with the development of HUS in a 4-year-old girl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, P.J. Safarik University, Medical Faculty, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia. aliptak@central.medic.upjs.sk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liptáková
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Siegfried
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kmetová
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Birosová
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kotulová
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bencátová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kosecká
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bánovcin
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012703:Serotyping; D022603:Shiga Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D022603:Shiga Toxins