Isolation 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

摘要

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 ene gene, and ability to produce Shiga toxin 1 bur not Shiga toxin 2, Arbitrarily primed PCR analysis suggested that this strain is genetically very close to a O157:H7 strain isolated in Japan. (C) 1998 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. [References: 17]