Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O171:H25 strain isolated from a patient with haemolytic uraemic syndrome

Lepšanović, Zorica and Opačić, Dolores and Lazić, Srđan and Herpay, Mária and Tóth, Szilárd and Kostić, Mirjana and Kucsera, István (2012) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O171:H25 strain isolated from a patient with haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica, 59 (2). pp. 215-224. ISSN 1217-8950

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Abstract

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains of O157:H7 serotype are a predominant cause of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) worldwide, but strains of non-O157 serotypes can also be associated with serious disease. Some of them are associated with outbreaks of HUS, others with sporadic cases of HUS, and some with diarrhoea but not with outbreaks or HUS. A large number of STEC serotypes isolated from ruminants and foods have never been associated with human disease. In this study we characterize a STEC strain belonging to serotype O171:H25 that is responsible for a case of HUS. This strain has a single Shiga toxin gene encoding Stx2 toxin, and hlyA gene, but is eae-negative.

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