ENTEROAGGREGATIVE, SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA-COLI O111-H2 ASSOCIATED WITH AN OUTBREAK OF HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME

Authors
MORABITO S KARCH H MARIANIKURKDJIAN P SCHMIDT H MINELLI F BINGEN E CAPRIOLI A
Citation
S. Morabito et al., ENTEROAGGREGATIVE, SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA-COLI O111-H2 ASSOCIATED WITH AN OUTBREAK OF HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(3), 1998, pp. 840-842
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
840 - 842
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:3<840:ESTEOA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O111:H2 strains from an outbrea k of hemolytic-uremic syndrome showed aggregative adhesion to HEp-2 ce lls and harbored large plasmids which hybridized with the enteroaggreg ative E. coli probe PCVD432. These strains present a novel combination of virulence factors and might be as pathogenic to humans as the clas sic enterohemorrhagic E. coli.