title: Hemolytic uremic syndrome following infection with O111 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli revealed through molecular diagnostics.
abstract: We report a case of hemolytic uremic syndrome in a 69-year-old woman due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, possibly serotype O111, to illustrate the potentially deleterious implications of a Campylobacter enzyme immunoassay (EIA) result and the increasing importance of molecular testing when conventional methods are limited.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia Health System, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Darwin J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Operario
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moonah
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Houpt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques / Q000379:methods; D057089:Pathology, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*