title: Emerging Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotypes in Europe: O100:H- and O127:H40.
abstract: Novel and as yet rare non-O157 Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotypes are emerging in Europe. Two different sorbitol-fermenting STECs, O100:H- carrying the virulence gene stx2 and O127:H40 carrying stx1 and eae genes (found in two related subjects), were isolated from patients' stool samples. Non-O157 STEC infections in humans are currently under-diagnosed. This report highlights the need for, and importance of, screening for Shiga toxins or serotypes other than just O157.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University and Austrian Reference Laboratory for EHEC/STEC/VTEC, Schöpfstr. 41, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. dorothea.orth@i-med.ac.at
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orth
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grif
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fruth
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tschäpe
authors.forename: Flemming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scheutz
authors.forename: Manfred P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Dierich
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Würzner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012703:Serotyping; D022621:Shiga Toxin / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D022621:Shiga Toxin