A Case of a Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia Coli.
10.3349/ymj.2011.52.6.1039
- Author:
Seung Hak CHO
1
;
Jung Beom KIM
;
Yong Bae PARK
;
Mi Sun PARK
;
Hiun Suk CHAE
;
Hae Kyung LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Enteric Bacterial Infections, Center for Infectious Diseases, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli;
hemolytic uremic syndrome;
non-typable serotype STEC strain
- MeSH:
Child, Preschool;
Female;
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome/diagnosis/*microbiology;
Humans;
Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli/*isolation & purification/*pathogenicity
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
2011;52(6):1039-1043
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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.
