A CASE OF LABORATORY ACQUIRED INFECTION WITH ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157-H7

Authors
BURNENS AP ZBINDEN R KAEMPF L HEINZER I NICOLET J
Citation
Ap. Burnens et al., A CASE OF LABORATORY ACQUIRED INFECTION WITH ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157-H7, Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, 279(4), 1993, pp. 512-517
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Virology
Journal title
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
09348840
Volume
279
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
512 - 517
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-8840(1993)279:4<512:ACOLAI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A case of laboratory-acquired infection with Escherichia coli 0157:H7 is presented. Evidence of the identity of the infecting strain was pro vided by toxin type and plasmid profiles. Because no obvious technical errors in laboratory practices could be demonstrated we conclude that the infecting dose for E. coli 0157: H7 may be small. The clinical co urse was uncomplicated; during reconvalescence, the patient's serum re cognized a uniqe 87 kDa band on immunoblots of the infecting strain.