First documented case of human infection with ovine Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O52:H45.
We report a concurrent case of infection with non-O157 Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strain in an 8-month-old child. Laboratory and epidemiological investigations indicated child exposure to contaminated sheep meat following the Muslim feast of sacrifice (Eid al-Adha). Microbiological and molecular typing confirmed that the ovine strain O52:H45 (stx1+, eae-, hlyA-) was the causal agent. This is the first documented case of human infection to this STEC serotype.
a Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec, 20045 chemin Ste-Marie, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3R5, Canada.
Sadjia
S
Bekal
Danielle
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Ramsay
Fabien
F
Rallu
Pierre
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Pilon
Matthew
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Gilmour
Roger
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Johnson
Cécile
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Tremblay
D000818:Animals; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012703:Serotyping; D012756:Sheep; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1 / Q000235:genetics; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
D022622:Shiga Toxin 1
Escherichia coli; O52:H45; STEC autre que l’O157; Shiga toxin; mouton; non-O157 STEC; sheep; toxine Shiga