Open AccessIsolation of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain producing Shiga toxin 1 but not Shiga toxin 2 from a patient with hemolytic uremic syndrome in Korea
Author(s) -
Kim Yung Bu,
Okuda Jun,
Matsumoto Chiho,
Morigaki Tadaaki,
Asai Norio,
Watanabe Haruo,
Nishibuchi Mitsuaki
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13181.x
Subject(s) - shiga toxin , microbiology and biotechnology , escherichia coli , serotype , toxin , shiga like toxin , plasmid , diarrhea , strain (injury) , biology , virology , stx2 , enterobacteriaceae , gene , medicine , genetics , anatomy
Escherichia coli strains isolated from patients with diarrhea or hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) at Pusan University Hospital, South Korea, between 1990 and 1996 were examined for traits of the O157:H7 serogroup. One strain isolated from a patient with HUS belonged to the O157:H7 serotype, possessed a 60‐MDa plasmid, the eae gene, and ability to produce Shiga toxin 1 but not Shiga toxin 2. Arbitrarily primed PCR analysis suggested that this strain is genetically very close to a O157:H7 strain isolated in Japan.