A case of a Shiga toxin producing escherichia coli

  • Seung Hak Cho
  • , Jung Beom Kim
  • , Yong Bae Park
  • , Mi Sun Park
  • , Hiun Suk Chae
  • , Hae Kyung Lee

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1039-1043
Number of pages5
JournalYonsei Medical Journal
Volume52
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2011

Keywords

  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome
  • Non-typable serotype STEC strain
  • Shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli

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