A Case of a Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia Coli

作者：Cho Seung Hak; Kim Jung Beom; Park Yong Bae; Park Mi Sun; Chae Hiun Suk; Lee Hae Kyung^*

来源：Yonsei Medical Journal, 2011, 52(6): 1039-1043.

DOI：10.3349/ymj.2011.52.6.1039

• Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
• hemolytic uremic syndrome
• non-typable serotype STEC strain

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 tic 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.

• 出版日期2011-11-1