Isolation of Shiga toxin 2f-producing Escherichia coli (O115:HNM) from an adult symptomatic patient in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Shiga toxin 2f-producing Escherichia coli (O115:HNM) with eae was isolated from a symptomatic patient in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The patient was a 23-year-old male and his symptoms were diarrhea, abdominal pain, headaches and a fever (37.7 degrees C). He had eaten raw chicken meat, raw chicken eggs, cooked chicken meat and raw vegetables about 13 h prior to the onset of the symptoms. The patient's specimen was examined, and no diarrheagenic agents were detected except for Shiga toxin 2f-producing E. coli (STEC(2f)) with eae. This is the first report of the serotype O115:HNM possessing stx(2f). We discuss the necessity of routinely using stx(2f)-detecting PCR primers for detection of this enteric pathogen.
Etoh
Yoshiki
Y
Department of Health Science, Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan.
Murakami
Koichi
K
Ichihara
Sachiko
S
Sera
Nobuyuki
N
Hamasaki
Mitsuhiro
M
Takenaka
Shigeyuki
S
Horikawa
Kazumi
K
Kawano
Kimiko
K
Takeishi
Tomoko
T
Kuwana
Yuka
Y
Inoue
Asao
A
Nagatsu
Youko
Y
Hira
Yasuko
Y
Takahashi
Masanobu
M
Ito
Kenitiro
K
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D022621:Shiga Toxin / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult
D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C073819:eaeA protein, E coli; D022621:Shiga Toxin