NON-O157-H7 STX2-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA-COLI STRAINS ASSOCIATED WITH SPORADIC CASES OF HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME IN ADULTS

Authors
BONNET R SOUWEINE B GAUTHIER G RICH C LIVRELLI V SIROT J JOLY B FORESTIER C
Citation
R. Bonnet et al., NON-O157-H7 STX2-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA-COLI STRAINS ASSOCIATED WITH SPORADIC CASES OF HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME IN ADULTS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(6), 1998, pp. 1777-1780
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1777 - 1780
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:6<1777:NSESAW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
From August 1996 to May 1997, six verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains were isolated from stool specimens of adults suffering from hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). All the isolates were stx(2) po sitive and belonged to different serotypes: O6:H4, O91:H10, O91:H21, O rough:H16, OX3:H-, and O nontypeable: H-. The enterohemolysin (Ehly)- encoding genes were detected in two isolates, and none of the isolates harbors the intimin (Eae) encoding gene. These findings suggest that stx(2)-positive non O157:H7 VTEC is a major cause of HUS in adults and that several sources of pathogens are responsible for local endemic i nfections.