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 charac...

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Autores principales: Cho, Seung-Hak, Kim, Jung-Beom, Park, Yong-Bae, Park, Mi-Sun, Chae, Hiun Suk, Lee, Hae Kyung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yonsei University College of Medicine 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3220258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22028174
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2011.52.6.1039
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Sumario: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.

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