A case of a shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli.
We encountered a patient with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) with persistent isolation of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) for 3 weeks despite of having no clinical symptoms. STEC has been recognized as an important food-borne pathogen that causes severe diseases such as HUS. We characterized this STEC strain via a polymerase chain reaction, reverse-passive latex agglutination and the slide agglutination method. In this STEC strain, stx2 (shiga toxin), eaeA, tir, iha (adherence genes), espADB (type III secretion genes), and hlyA, ehxA, clyA (hemolysin genes) were present. The O antigen of the strain was non-typable.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea.
Seung-Hak
SH
Cho
Jung-Beom
JB
Kim
Yong-Bae
YB
Park
Mi-Sun
MS
Park
Hiun Suk
HS
Chae
Hae Kyung
HK
Lee
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*