title: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O171:H25 strain isolated from a patient with haemolytic uraemic syndrome.
abstract: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains of O157:H7 serotype are a predominant cause of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) worldwide, but strains of non-O157 serotypes can also be associated with serious disease. Some of them are associated with outbreaks of HUS, others with sporadic cases of HUS, and some with diarrhoea but not with outbreaks or HUS. A large number of STEC serotypes isolated from ruminants and foods have never been associated with human disease. In this study we characterize a STEC strain belonging to serotype O171:H25 that is responsible for a case of HUS. This strain has a single Shiga toxin gene encoding Stx2 toxin, and hlyA gene, but is eae-negative.
authors: Military Medical Academy, Institute of Epidemiology, Crnotravska, Belgrade, Serbia. zoricalepsanovic@yahoo.com
authors: Zorica
authors: Z
authors: Lepšanović
authors: Dolores
authors: D
authors: Opačić
authors: Srđan
authors: S
authors: Lazić
authors: Mária
authors: M
authors: Herpay
authors: Szilárd
authors: S
authors: Tóth
authors: Mirjana
authors: M
authors: Kostić
authors: István
authors: I
authors: Kucsera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012703:Serotyping; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*