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Yun YS, Park DY, Oh IH, Shin WR, Ahn G, Ahn JY, Kim YH. Pathogenic Factors and Recent Study on the Rapid Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Mol Biotechnol 2023:10.1007/s12033-023-00985-8. [PMID: 38153662 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-023-00985-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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This comprehensive review delves into the pathogenicity and detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC), shedding light on its various genetic and clinical manifestations. STEC originating from E. coli acquires pathogenicity through mobility and genetic elements. The pathogenicity of STEC is explored in terms of clinical progression, complications, and key toxins such as Shiga toxin (Stx). Stx1 and Stx2 are two distinct Stx types exhibiting different toxicities, with Stx2 often associated with severe diseases. This review also delves into Subtilase cytotoxin, an additional cytotoxin produced by some STEC strains. Pathogenic mechanisms of STEC, such as attaching and effacing intestinal lesions, are discussed, with a focus on roles of genetic factors. Plasmids in STEC can confer unique pathogenicity. Hybridization with other pathogenic E. coli can create more lethal pathogens. This review covers a range of detection methods, ranging from DNA amplification to antigen detection techniques, emphasizing the need for innovative approaches to improve the sensitivity and speed of STEC diagnosis. In conclusion, understanding diverse aspects of STEC pathogenicity and exploring enhanced diagnostic methods are critical to addressing this foodborne pathogen effectively. Pathology of Shiga toxin toxicity. STEC-derived Shiga toxin consists of one A subunit and five B subunits. Pathological symptoms of the disease can progress to HUS within two weeks after the onset of diarrhea. Shiga toxin intoxication is also associated with many complications, such as neurological and cardiac complications. This figure was reconstructed based on data from Bruyand et al.
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- Young-Sun Yun
- Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-Ro, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, 28644, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-Ro, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, 28644, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-Ro, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, 28644, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 210 S 33rd St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Center for Ecology and Environmental Toxicology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-Ro, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, 28644, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-Ro, Seowon-Gu, Cheongju, 28644, Republic of Korea.
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Du H, Wang X, Zhang H, Chen H, Deng X, He Y, Tang H, Deng F, Ren Z. Serum protein coating enhances the antisepsis efficacy of silver nanoparticles against multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli infections in mice. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1153147. [PMID: 37293234 PMCID: PMC10244497 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1153147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance poses a significant threat to public health and social development worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in treating multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. Eco-friendly spherical AgNPs were synthesized using rutin at room temperature. The biocompatibility of both polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and mouse serum (MS)-stabilized AgNPs was evaluated at 20 μg/mL and showed a similar distribution in mice. However, only MS-AgNPs significantly protected mice from sepsis caused by the multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) CQ10 strain (p = 0.039). The data revealed that MS-AgNPs facilitated the elimination of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in the blood and the spleen, and the mice experienced only a mild inflammatory response, as interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, chemokine KC, and C-reactive protein levels were significantly lower than those in the control group. The results suggest that the plasma protein corona strengthens the antibacterial effect of AgNPs in vivo and may be a potential strategy for combating antimicrobial resistance.
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- Huamao Du
- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, Shanxi Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Characterisation of atypical Shiga toxin gene sequences and description of Stx2j, a new subtype. J Clin Microbiol 2022; 60:e0222921. [PMID: 35225693 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02229-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Shiga toxin (Stx) is the definitive virulence factor of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Stx variants are currently organised into a taxonomic system of three Stx1 (a,c,d) and seven Stx2 (a,b,c,d,e,f,g) subtypes. In this study, seven STEC isolates from food and clinical samples possessing stx2 sequences that do not fit current Shiga toxin taxonomy were identified. Genome assemblies of the STEC strains was created from Oxford Nanopore and Illumina sequence data. The presence of atypical stx2 sequences were confirmed by Sanger sequencing, as were Stx2 expression and cytotoxicity. A strain of O157:H7 was found to possess stx1a and a truncated stx2a, which were originally misidentified as an atypical stx2. Two strains possessed unreported variants of Stx2a (O8:H28) and Stx2b (O146:H21). In four of the strains we found three Stx-subtypes that are not included in the current taxonomy. Stx2h (O170:H18) was identified in a Canadian sprout isolate; this subtype has only previously been reported in STEC from Tibetan Marmots. Stx2o (O85:H1) was identified in a clinical isolate. Finally, Stx2j (O158:H23 and O33:H14) was found in lettuce and clinical isolates. The results of this study expands the number of known Stx subtypes, the range of STEC serotypes, and isolation sources in which they may be found. The presence of the Stx2j and Stx2o in clinical isolates of STEC indicates that strains carrying these variants are potential human pathogens. Highlights Atypical Shiga toxin (stx) genes in Escherichia coli were sequenced. Two new variants of stx2a and stx2b are described. Two strains carried subtypes Stx2h and Stx2o, which have only one previous report. Two strains carried a previously undescribed subtype, Stx2j.
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Han Y, Liu M, Han Y, Shi N, Wang Q, Cui T, Yang L, Zhang X, Zhu L, Qian H, Jin H, Dong C. Genetic and phylogenetic characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and enteropathogenic E. coli from livestock in Jiangsu by using whole-genome sequencing. J Appl Microbiol 2022; 132:3925-3936. [PMID: 35174586 DOI: 10.1111/jam.15494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIMS There are knowledge gaps regarding STEC and EPEC strains in livestock in Jiangsu, China. This study aimed to evaluate the potential public health significance of STEC and EPEC strains isolated from livestock by determining the serotypes, virulence profiles, and genetic relationship with international STEC strains. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 68 STEC and 37 EPEC strains were obtained from 231 fecal sheep samples and 70 fecal cattle samples. By using whole-genome sequencing (WGS) analysis, all STEC belonged to 15 O:H serotypes and the most prevalent serotypes were O6:H10 (19.1%), O155:H21 (14.7%), and O21:H25 (10.3%). The main Shiga toxin gene subtypes detected were stx1c (41.2%), stx1a (26.5%), stx2b (14.7%) and stx2k (14.7%). Only the STEC from cattle carried eae gene. Other adherence-associated or toxin-related genes, including lpfA (70.6%), iha (48.5%), subA (54.4%), and ehxA (33.8%), were found in STEC. All EPEC strains were bfpA-negative, and the predominant eae variants were eae-β1 (62.2%), eae-ζ (21.6%), and eae-θ (8.1%). The core-genome multi-locus sequence typing (cgMLST) analysis revealed nine scattered clusters in STEC and one dominant cluster in EPEC. The strains with the same serotypes, including O22:H8 and O43:H2 in the two towns, possessed a closely genomic distance. The core genome single nucleotide polymorphism (cgSNP) showed that part of STEC strains in this study were clustered with isolates possessing the same serotypes from the Netherlands, Sweden, and Xinjiang of China. Five serotypes of STEC isolates were associated with the clinical STEC strains from databases. CONCLUSION This study provided the diverse serotypes and the virulence genes profiles in STEC and EPEC strains. Local strains possessed widely diverse and scattered clusters by cgMLST. Closely genomic correlation with clinical isolates displayed that part of the STEC strains may threaten to public health. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Non-O157 STEC strains act as important pathogens for human infections. This study supports the increased surveillance work of non-O157 STEC rather than just O157 STEC in this region.
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- Yue Han
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Acute Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Acute Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Acute Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China.,Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics School of Public Health Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Acute Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention, Jiangsu, Nanjing, China
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Sim EM, Kim R, Gall M, Arnott A, Howard P, Valcanis M, Howden BP, Sintchenko V. Added Value of Genomic Surveillance of Virulence Factors in Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in New South Wales, Australia. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:713724. [PMID: 35002991 PMCID: PMC8733641 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.713724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The disease caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) remains a significant public health challenge globally, but the incidence of human STEC infections in Australia remains relatively low. This study examined the virulence characteristics and diversity of STEC isolates in the state of New South Wales between December 2017 and May 2020. Utilisation of both whole and core genome multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) allowed for the inference of genomic diversity and detection of isolates that were likely to be epidemiologically linked. The most common STEC serotype and stx subtype detected in this study were O157:H7 and stx1a, respectively. A genomic scan of other virulence factors present in STEC suggested interplay between iron uptake system and virulence factors that mediate either iron release or countermeasures against host defence that could result in a reduction of stx1a expression. This reduced expression of the dominant stx genotype could contribute to the reduced incidence of STEC-related illness in Australia. Genomic surveillance of STEC becomes an important part of public health response and ongoing interrogation of virulence factors in STEC offers additional insights for the public health risk assessment.
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- Eby M Sim
- Enteric Reference Laboratory and Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Enteric Reference Laboratory and Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Enteric Reference Laboratory and Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Enteric Reference Laboratory and Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Enteric Reference Laboratory and Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Enteric Reference Laboratory and Microbial Genomics Laboratory, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead, NSW, Australia.,Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.,Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia
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McMAHON T, Bastian J, Alshawa I, Gill A. PCR Primers for Screening Food for Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli, Inclusive of Three vt1 and Seven vt2 Subtypes. J Food Prot 2021; 84:296-302. [PMID: 32977337 DOI: 10.4315/jfp-20-233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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ABSTRACT Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC; also known as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli) is a significant cause of foodborne illnesses around the world. Due to the serological and genomic diversity of VTEC, methods of detection for VTEC in food samples require detection of verotoxin or its gene vt (also known as stx). The current taxonomy of vt identifies three vt1 (a, c, d) and seven vt2 (a to g) subtypes. PCR detection of vt is convenient and rapid, but protocols may not detect all currently identified variants or subtypes of vt. The Health Canada Compendium of Analytical Methods protocol for the analysis of food for VTEC is MFLP-52. MFLP-52 includes a VT Screening PCR that is used to determine the presumptive presence of VTEC by the detection of vt in food enrichments and to differentiate VTEC from other isolates. The VT Screening PCR was developed prior to the establishment of the current vt taxonomy. An evaluation of VT Screening PCR for detection of the 10 established vt subtypes was performed, and it was discovered that the method could not detect subtypes vt1d and vt2f. Additional primers and a modified protocol were developed, and the modified VT Screening PCR was tested against an inclusivity panel of 50 VTEC strains, including representatives of 10 vt subtypes, and an exclusivity panel of 30 vt-negative E. coli from various sources, to ensure specificity. The reliability of MFLP-52 with the modified VT Screening PCR was assessed by analysis of four priority food matrices (ground beef, lettuce, cheese, and apple cider) inoculated with a VTEC strain at 2 to 5 CFU/25 g. The modified VT Screening PCR was determined to be able to detect all 10 vt subtypes and reliably detect the presence of VTEC in all tested food enrichments. HIGHLIGHTS
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- Tanis McMAHON
- Health Canada, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, 251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0K9
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- Health Canada, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, 251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0K9
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- Health Canada, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, 251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0K9
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- Health Canada, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, 251 Sir Frederick Banting Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0K9.,(ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2380-2148 [A.G.])
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Joseph A, Cointe A, Mariani Kurkdjian P, Rafat C, Hertig A. Shiga Toxin-Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Narrative Review. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:E67. [PMID: 31973203 PMCID: PMC7076748 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12020067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The severity of human infection by one of the many Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is determined by a number of factors: the bacterial genome, the capacity of human societies to prevent foodborne epidemics, the medical condition of infected patients (in particular their hydration status, often compromised by severe diarrhea), and by our capacity to devise new therapeutic approaches, most specifically to combat the bacterial virulence factors, as opposed to our current strategies that essentially aim to palliate organ deficiencies. The last major outbreak in 2011 in Germany, which killed more than 50 people in Europe, was evidence that an effective treatment was still lacking. Herein, we review the current knowledge of STEC virulence, how societies organize the prevention of human disease, and how physicians treat (and, hopefully, will treat) its potentially fatal complications. In particular, we focus on STEC-induced hemolytic and uremic syndrome (HUS), where the intrusion of toxins inside endothelial cells results in massive cell death, activation of the coagulation within capillaries, and eventually organ failure.
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- Adrien Joseph
- Department of Nephrology, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, F-75020 Paris, France; (A.J.); (C.R.)
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- Department of Microbiology, AP-HP, Hôpital Robert Debré, F-75019 Paris, France; (A.C.); (P.M.K.)
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- Department of Nephrology, AP-HP, Hôpital Tenon, F-75020 Paris, France; (A.J.); (C.R.)
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- Department of Renal Transplantation, Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, F-75013 Paris, France
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Koutsoumanis K, Allende A, Alvarez‐Ordóñez A, Bover‐Cid S, Chemaly M, Davies R, De Cesare A, Herman L, Hilbert F, Lindqvist R, Nauta M, Peixe L, Ru G, Simmons M, Skandamis P, Suffredini E, Jenkins C, Monteiro Pires S, Morabito S, Niskanen T, Scheutz F, da Silva Felício MT, Messens W, Bolton D. Pathogenicity assessment of Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and the public health risk posed by contamination of food with STEC. EFSA J 2020. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli O157 Enterocolitis Followed by Non-diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Bacteremia. Indian J Pediatr 2019; 86:750. [PMID: 30838530 DOI: 10.1007/s12098-019-02916-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Response to Questions Posed by the Food and Drug Administration Regarding Virulence Factors and Attributes that Define Foodborne Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) as Severe Human Pathogens †. J Food Prot 2019; 82:724-767. [PMID: 30969806 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-18-479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- NACMCF Executive Secretariat, * U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Office of Public Health Science, PP3, 9-178, 1400 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-3700, USA
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Hazard Identification and Characterization: Criteria for Categorizing Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli on a Risk Basis †. J Food Prot 2019; 82:7-21. [PMID: 30586326 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-18-291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) comprise a large, highly diverse group of strains. Since the emergence of STEC serotype O157:H7 as an important foodborne pathogen, serotype data have been used for identifying STEC strains, and this use continued as other serotypes were implicated in human infections. An estimated 470 STEC serotypes have been identified, which can produce one or more of the 12 known Shiga toxin (Stx) subtypes. The number of STEC serotypes that cause human illness varies but is probably higher than 100. However, many STEC virulence genes are mobile and can be lost or transferred to other bacteria; therefore, STEC strains that have the same serotype may not carry the same virulence genes or pose the same risk. Although serotype information is useful in outbreak investigations and surveillance studies, it is not a reliable means of assessing the human health risk posed by a particular STEC serotype. To contribute to the development of a set of criteria that would more reliably support hazard identification, this review considered each of the factors contributing to a negative human health outcome: mild diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). STEC pathogenesis involves entry into the human gut (often via ingestion), attachment to the intestinal epithelial cells, and elaboration of Stx. Production of Stx, which disrupts normal cellular functions and causes cell damage, alone without adherence of bacterial cells to gut epithelial cells is insufficient to cause severe illness. The principal adherence factor in STEC is the intimin protein coded by the eae gene. The aggregative adherence fimbriae adhesins regulated by the aggR gene of enteroaggregative E. coli strains are also effective adherence factors. The stx2a gene is most often present in locus of enterocyte effacement ( eae)-positive STEC strains and has consistently been associated with HUS. The stx2a gene has also been found in eae-negative, aggR-positive STEC that have caused HUS. HUS cases where other stx gene subtypes were identified indicate that other factors such as host susceptibility and the genetic cocktail of virulence genes in individual isolates may affect their association with severe diseases.
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- The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) Secretariat, * Food Safety and Quality Unit, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy
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Kinnula S, Hemminki K, Kotilainen H, Ruotsalainen E, Tarkka E, Salmenlinna S, Hallanvuo S, Leinonen E, Jukka O, Rimhanen-Finne R. Outbreak of multiple strains of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli associated with rocket salad, Finland, autumn 2016. Euro Surveill 2018; 23:1700666. [PMID: 30180926 PMCID: PMC6124187 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2018.23.35.1700666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In August 2016, an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) with 237 cases occurred in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland. Gastroenteritis cases were reported at 11 events served by one catering company. Microbiological and epidemiological investigations suggested rocket salad as the cause of the outbreak. STEC ONT H11 and EPEC O111:H8 strains isolated from food samples containing rocket were identical to the patient isolates. In this outbreak, the reported symptoms were milder than considered before for STEC infection, and the guidelines for STEC control measures need to be updated based on the severity of the illness. Based on our experience in this outbreak, national surveillance criteria for STEC have been updated to meet the practice in reporting laboratories covering both PCR-positive and culture-confirmed findings. We suggest that EPEC could be added to the national surveillance since diagnostics for EPEC are routinely done in clinical laboratories.
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- Sohvi Kinnula
- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Health Security Department, Helsinki, Finland
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- Environmental Health, Social and Health Services Espoo, Espoo, Finland
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- City of Helsinki, Communicable Diseases, Epidemiology Unit, Social Services and Health Care Sector, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Inflammation Center, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, HUSLAB, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Health Security Department, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Research and Laboratory Services Department, Microbiology Research Unit, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Food Safety Department, Microbiological Food Safety Unit, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Health Security Department, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Health Security Department, Helsinki, Finland
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DNA microarray-based assessment of virulence potential of Shiga toxin gene-carrying Escherichia coli O104:H7 isolated from feedlot cattle feces. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0196490. [PMID: 29708991 PMCID: PMC5927410 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli O104:H4, a hybrid pathotype reported in a large 2011 foodborne outbreak in Germany, has not been detected in cattle feces. However, cattle harbor and shed in the feces other O104 serotypes, particularly O104:H7, which has been associated with sporadic cases of diarrhea in humans. The objective of our study was to assess the virulence potential of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O104:H7 isolated from feces of feedlot cattle using DNA microarray. Six strains of STEC O104:H7 isolated from cattle feces were analyzed using FDA-E. coli Identification (ECID) DNA microarray to determine their virulence profiles and compare them to the human strains (clinical) of O104:H7, STEC O104:H4 (German outbreak strain), and O104:H21 (milk-associated Montana outbreak strain). Scatter plots were generated from the array data to visualize the gene-level differences between bovine and human O104 strains, and Pearson correlation coefficients (r) were determined. Splits tree was generated to analyze relatedness between the strains. All O104:H7 strains, both bovine and human, similar to O104:H4 and O104:H21 outbreak strains were negative for intimin (eae). The bovine strains were positive for Shiga toxin 1 subtype c (stx1c), enterohemolysin (ehxA), tellurite resistance gene (terD), IrgA homolog protein (iha), type 1 fimbriae (fimH), and negative for genes that code for effector proteins of type III secretory system. The six cattle O104 strains were closely related (r = 0.86-0.98) to each other, except for a few differences in phage related and non-annotated genes. One of the human clinical O104:H7 strains (2011C-3665) was more closely related to the bovine O104:H7 strains (r = 0.81-0.85) than the other four human clinical O104:H7 strains (r = 0.75-0.79). Montana outbreak strain (O104:H21) was more closely related to four of the human clinical O104:H7 strains than the bovine O104:H7 strains. None of the bovine E. coli O104 strains carried genes characteristic of E. coli O104:H4 German outbreak strain and unlike other human strains were also negative for Shiga toxin 2. Because cattle E. coli O104:H7 strains possess stx1c and genes that code for enterohemolysin and a variety of adhesins, the serotype has the potential to be a diarrheagenic foodborne pathogen in humans.
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Shridhar PB, Patel IR, Gangiredla J, Noll LW, Shi X, Bai J, Elkins CA, Strockbine NA, Nagaraja TG. Genetic Analysis of Virulence Potential of Escherichia coli O104 Serotypes Isolated From Cattle Feces Using Whole Genome Sequencing. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:341. [PMID: 29545780 PMCID: PMC5838399 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli O104:H4, a Shiga toxin-producing hybrid pathotype that was implicated in a major foodborne outbreak in Germany in 2011, has not been detected in cattle. However, serotypes of O104, other than O104:H4, have been isolated from cattle feces, with O104:H7 being the most predominant. In this study, we investigated, based on whole genome sequence analyses, the virulence potential of E. coli O104 strains isolated from cattle feces, since cattle are asymptomatic carriers of E. coli O104. The genomes of ten bovine E. coli O104 strains (six O104:H7, one O104:H8, one O104:H12, and two O104:H23) and five O104:H7 isolated from human clinical cases were sequenced. Of all the bovine O104 serotypes (H7, H8, H12, and H23) that were included in the study, only E. coli O104:H7 serotype possessed Shiga toxins. Four of the six bovine O104:H7 strains and one of the five human strains carried stx1c. Three human O104 strains carried stx2, two were of subtype 2a, and one was 2d. Genomes of stx carrying bovine O104:H7 strains were larger than the stx-negative strains of O104:H7 or other serotypes. The genome sizes were proportional to the number of genes carried on the mobile genetic elements (phages, prophages, transposable elements and plasmids). Both bovine and human strains were negative for intimin and other genes associated with the type III secretory system and non-LEE encoded effectors. Plasmid-encoded virulence genes (ehxA, epeA, espP, katP) were also present in bovine and human strains. All O104 strains were negative for antimicrobial resistance genes, except one human strain. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that bovine E. coli O104 strains carrying the same flagellar antigen clustered together and STEC strains clustered separately from non-STEC strains. One of the human O104:H7 strains was phylogenetically closely related to and belonged to the same sequence type (ST-1817) as the bovine O104:H7 STEC strains. This suggests that the bovine feces could be a source of human illness caused by E. coli O104:H7 serotype. Because bovine O104:H7 strains carried virulence genes similar to human clinical strains and one of the human clinical strains was phylogenetically related to bovine strains, the serotype has the potential to be a diarrheagenic pathogen in humans.
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- Pragathi B Shridhar
- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, United States Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, United States Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, United States
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States.,Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, United States Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, MD, United States
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- Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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Saupe A, Edel B, Pfister W, Löffler B, Ehricht R, Rödel J. Acute diarrhoea due to a Shiga toxin 2e-producing Escherichia coli O8 : H19. JMM Case Rep 2017; 4:e005099. [PMID: 29026626 PMCID: PMC5630968 DOI: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.005099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Introduction. Identification of non-O157 Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections may be underestimated in microbiological diagnosis. Case presentation. A 58-year-old woman developed diarrhoea with watery and subsequently mucous stool. Initial multiplex PCR testing revealed a positive result for stx2. Culture isolation of a STEC was successful only after repeated inoculation of chromogenic E. coli media. Molecular characterization was performed and identified the isolate as stx2e-positive STEC of serotype O8 : H19. The strain harboured lpfA, but not eae. Conclusion. This case highlights the usefulness of initial multiplex PCR for diagnosis of non-O157 STEC infection.
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- Angela Saupe
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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Wöchtl B, Gunzer F, Gerner W, Gasse H, Koch M, Bagó Z, Ganter M, Weissenböck H, Dinhopl N, Coldewey SM, von Altrock A, Waldmann KH, Saalmüller A, Zimmermann K, Steinmann J, Kehrmann J, Klein-Hitpass L, Blom J, Ehricht R, Engelmann I, Hennig-Pauka I. Comparison of clinical and immunological findings in gnotobiotic piglets infected with Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreak strain and EHEC O157:H7. Gut Pathog 2017; 9:30. [PMID: 28559930 PMCID: PMC5445466 DOI: 10.1186/s13099-017-0179-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Shiga toxin (Stx) producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) (STEC) is the most frequent cause of diarrhoea-positive haemolytic uraemic syndrome (D + HUS) in humans. In 2011, a huge outbreak with an STEC O104:H4 strain in Germany highlighted the limited possibilities for causative treatment of this syndrome. The responsible STEC strain was found to combine Stx production with adherence mechanisms normally found in enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC). Pathotypes of E. coli evolve and can exhibit different adhesion mechanisms. It has been shown previously that neonatal gnotobiotic piglets are susceptible for infection with STEC, such as STEC O157:H7 as well as for EAEC, which are considered to be the phylogenetic origin of E. coli O104:H4. This study was designed to characterise the host response to infection with the STEC O104:H4 outbreak strain in comparison to an STEC O157:H7 isolate by evaluating clinical parameters (scoring) and markers of organ dysfunction (biochemistry), as well as immunological (flow cytometry, assessment of cytokines/chemokines and acute phase proteins) and histological alterations (light- and electron microscopy) in a gnotobiotic piglet model of haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Results We observed severe clinical symptoms, such as diarrhoea, dehydration and neurological disorders as well as attaching-and-effacing lesions (A/E) in the colon in STEC O157:H7 infected piglets. In contrast, STEC O104:H4 challenged animals exhibited only mild clinical symptoms including diarrhoea and dehydration and HUS-specific/severe histopathological, haematological and biochemical alterations were only inconsistently presented by individual piglets. A specific adherence phenotype of STEC O104:H4 could not be observed. Flow cytometric analyses of lymphocytes derived from infected animals revealed an increase of natural killer cells (NK cells) during the course of infection revealing a potential role of this subset in the anti-bacterial activity in STEC disease. Conclusions Unexpectedly, E. coli O104:H4 infection caused only mild symptoms and minor changes in histology and blood parameters in piglets. Outcome of the infection trial does not reflect E. coli O104:H4 associated human disease as observed during the outbreak in 2011. The potential role of cells of the innate immune system for STEC related disease pathogenesis should be further elucidated.
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- Bettina Wöchtl
- University Clinic for Swine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany
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- University Clinic for Swine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Veterinary Disease Control Mödling, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Robert-Koch-Gasse 17, 2340 Mödling, Austria
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- Clinic for Swine, Small Ruminants, Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Pathology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany.,Centre for Innovation Competence (ZIK) Septomics, University Hospital Jena, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Clinic for Swine, Small Ruminants, Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany
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- Clinic for Swine, Small Ruminants, Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen, Germany
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- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Alere Technologies GmbH, Löbstedter Straße 103-105, 07749 Jena, Germany
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- Alere Technologies GmbH, Löbstedter Straße 103-105, 07749 Jena, Germany
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- University Clinic for Swine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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Shridhar PB, Siepker C, Noll LW, Shi X, Nagaraja TG, Bai J. Shiga Toxin Subtypes of Non-O157 Escherichia coli Serogroups Isolated from Cattle Feces. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2017; 7:121. [PMID: 28443248 PMCID: PMC5386980 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are important foodborne pathogens responsible for human illnesses. Cattle are a major reservoir that harbor the organism in the hindgut and shed in the feces. Shiga toxins (Stx) are the primary virulence factors associated with STEC illnesses. The two antigenically distinct Stx types, Stx1 and Stx2, encoded by stx1 and stx2 genes, share approximately 56% amino acid sequence identity. Genetic variants exist within Stx1 and Stx2 based on differences in amino acid composition and in cytotoxicity. The objective of our study was to identify the stx subtypes in strains of STEC serogroups, other than O157, isolated from cattle feces. Shiga toxin gene carrying E. coli strains (n = 192), spanning 27 serogroups originating from cattle (n = 170) and human (n = 22) sources, were utilized in the study. Shiga toxin genes were amplified by PCR, sequenced, and nucleotide sequences were translated into amino acid sequences using CLC main workbench software. Shiga toxin subtypes were identified based on the amino acid motifs that define each subtype. Shiga toxin genotypes were also identified at the nucleotide level by in silico restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Of the total 192 STEC strains, 93 (48.4%) were positive for stx1 only, 43 (22.4%) for stx2 only, and 56 (29.2%) for both stx1 and stx2. Among the 149 strains positive for stx1, 132 (88.6%) were stx1a and 17 (11.4%) were stx1c. Shiga toxin 1a was the most common subtype of stx1 among cattle (87.9%; 123/140) and human strains (100%; 9/9) of non-O157 serogroups. Of the total 99 strains positive for stx2, 79 were stx2a (79.8%), 11 (11.1%) were stx2c, 12 (12.1%) were stx2d. Of the 170 strains originating from cattle feces, 58 (34.1%) were stx2a subtype, 11 (6.5%) were stx2c subtype, and 11 were of subtype stx2d (6.5%). All but one of the human strains were positive for stx2a. Three strains of cattle origin were positive for both stx2a and stx2d. In conclusion, a number of non-O157 STEC serogroups harbored by cattle possess a wide variety of Shiga toxin subtypes, with stx1a and stx2a being the most predominant stx subtypes occurring individually or in combination. Cattle are a reservoir of a number of non-O157 STEC serogroups and information on the Shiga toxin subtypes is useful in assessing the potential risk as human pathogens.
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- Pragathi B Shridhar
- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS, USA.,Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Kansas State UniversityManhattan, KS, USA
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Lacher DW, Gangiredla J, Patel I, Elkins CA, Feng PCH. Use of the Escherichia coli Identification Microarray for Characterizing the Health Risks of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolated from Foods. J Food Prot 2016; 79:1656-1662. [PMID: 28221838 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-16-176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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More than 470 serotypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) have been identified, but not all cause severe illness in humans. Most STEC that cause severe diseases can adhere to epithelial cells, produce specific stx subtypes, and belong to certain serotypes; therefore, these traits appear to be critical STEC risk factors. However, testing for these traits is labor intensive, and serotyping is inadequate because of extensive variations among E. coli O and H antigen types. In the present study, the E. coli identification microarray, which tests for over 40,000 E. coli gene targets, was examined for its potential to quickly characterize STEC strains. Analysis of 47 E. coli isolates, including 31 STEC isolates, recovered from 39 foods revealed that the microarray effectively determined the presence or absence of adherence genes and identified the specific eae allele in 3 isolates. The array identified most of the stx subtypes carried by all the isolates but had some difficulties in discerning between stx2a, stx2c, and stx2d because of the genetic similarities of these subtypes. The array determined the O and H types of 68 and 96% of the isolates, respectively, and although most serotypes were unremarkable, a few known pathogenic serotypes were also found. These selected STEC traits provided a scientific basis for assessing the potential health risks of STEC strains and also showed the importance of H typing in determining health risks. However, the diversity of the STEC group, the complexity of virulence mechanisms, and the variation in pathotypes among strains continue to pose challenges to assessing the potential of STEC strains to cause severe illness.
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- David W Lacher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Molecular Biology, Laurel, Maryland 20708
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Molecular Biology, Laurel, Maryland 20708
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Molecular Biology, Laurel, Maryland 20708
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Molecular Biology, Laurel, Maryland 20708
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Division of Molecular Biology, Laurel, Maryland 20708
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Diarrhea, Urosepsis and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Caused by the Same Heteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2016; 35:1045-7. [PMID: 27195604 DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000001226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We describe an 8-month-old girl with diarrhea, urosepsis and hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by Escherichia coli. Typing of cultured E. coli strains from urine and blood revealed the presence of virulence factors from multiple pathotypes of E. coli. This case exemplifies the genome plasticity of E. coli and the resulting heteropathogenic strains.
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Kumagai Y, Gilmour S, Ota E, Momose Y, Onishi T, Bilano VLF, Kasuga F, Sekizaki T, Shibuya K. Estimating the burden of foodborne diseases in Japan. Bull World Health Organ 2015; 93:540-549C. [PMID: 26478611 PMCID: PMC4581658 DOI: 10.2471/blt.14.148056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2014] [Revised: 04/05/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the burden posed by foodborne diseases in Japan using methods developed by the World Health Organization's Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG). METHODS Expert consultation and statistics on food poisoning during 2011 were used to identify three common causes of foodborne disease in Japan: Campylobacter and Salmonella species and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). We conducted systematic reviews of English and Japanese literature on the complications caused by these pathogens, by searching Embase, the Japan medical society abstract database and Medline. We estimated the annual incidence of acute gastroenteritis from reported surveillance data, based on estimated probabilities that an affected person would visit a physician and have gastroenteritis confirmed. We then calculated disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost in 2011, using the incidence estimates along with disability weights derived from published studies. FINDINGS In 2011, foodborne disease caused by Campylobacter species, Salmonella species and EHEC led to an estimated loss of 6099, 3145 and 463 DALYs in Japan, respectively. These estimated burdens are based on the pyramid reconstruction method; are largely due to morbidity rather than mortality; and are much higher than those indicated by routine surveillance data. CONCLUSION Routine surveillance data may indicate foodborne disease burdens that are much lower than the true values. Most of the burden posed by foodborne disease in Japan comes from secondary complications. The tools developed by FERG appear useful in estimating disease burdens and setting priorities in the field of food safety.
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- Yuko Kumagai
- Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy, National Centre for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Research Centre for Food Safety, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Pape L, Hartmann H, Bange FC, Suerbaum S, Bueltmann E, Ahlenstiel-Grunow T. Eculizumab in Typical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) With Neurological Involvement. Medicine (Baltimore) 2015; 94:e1000. [PMID: 26091445 PMCID: PMC4616562 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000001000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In typical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) approximately 25% of patients show central nervous system (CNS) involvement often leading to serious long-term disabilities. We used the C5-complement inhibitor Eculizumab as rescue therapy. From 2011 to 2014, 11 children (median age 22 months, range 11-175) with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli-positive HUS requiring dialysis who had seizures (11/11) and/or were in a stupor or coma (10/11) were treated with Eculizumab. Two patients enrolled on the Safety and Efficacy Study of Eculizumab in Shiga-Toxin Producing E coli Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (STEC-HUS) each received 6 doses of Eculizumab, 3 patients 2 doses, and 6 patients 1 dose. Laboratory diagnostics of blood samples and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed as per center practice. Data were analyzed retrospectively. Cranial MRI was abnormal in 8 of 10 patients with findings in the basal ganglia and/or white matter. A 2-year-old boy with severe cardiac involvement and status epilepticus needed repeated cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. He died 8 days after start of Eculizumab treatment. Two patients with hemorrhagic colitis and repeated seizures required artificial ventilation for 6 and 16 days, respectively. At the time of discharge, 1 patient showed severe neurological impairment and 1 mild neurological impairment. The 8 surviving patients experienced no further seizures after the first dose of Eculizumab. Three patients showed mild neurological impairment at discharge, whilst the remaining 5 showed no impairment. The platelets normalized 4 days (median) after the first dose of Eculizumab (range 0-20 days). The mean duration of dialysis after the first dose of Eculizumab was 14.1 ± 6.1 days. In children with typical HUS and CNS involvement early use of Eculizumab appears to improve neurological outcome. In severe HUS cases which progress rapidly with multiple organ involvement, late treatment with Eculizumab seems to show less benefit. We speculate that prophylactic Eculizumab therapy before development of neurological symptoms could be advantageous.
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- Lars Pape
- From the Division of Pediatric Nephrology (LP, TA-G); Division of Neuropediatrics, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases (HH); Department of Microbiology (FCB, SS); and Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (EB)
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Sacerdoti F, Amaral M, Aisemberg J, Cymeryng C, Franchi A, Ibarra C. Involvement of hypoxia and inflammation in early pregnancy loss mediated by Shiga toxin type 2. Placenta 2015; 36:674-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2015.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mariani-Kurkdjian P, Lemaître C, Bidet P, Perez D, Boggini L, Kwon T, Bonacorsi S. Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome with bacteraemia caused by a new hybrid Escherichia coli pathotype. New Microbes New Infect 2014; 2:127-31. [PMID: 25356358 PMCID: PMC4184582 DOI: 10.1002/nmi2.49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Revised: 04/18/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We describe a new atypical Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) responsible for a severe episode of haemolytic–uraemic syndrome in an adult with a relapse associated with bacteraemia. This STECs train of serotype O80:H2 harboured stx2c and stx2d gene subtypes, the rare eae ξ variant and a ColV plasmid with a conserved virulence plasmidic region involved in virulence of human and avian extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli. This atypical hybrid pathotype, which represents a new threat, is a further demonstration that STEC may be a recipient for extraintestinal virulence factors and raises again the question of antibiotic therapy during STEC infection.
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- P Mariani-Kurkdjian
- Centre National de Référence associé Escherichia coli, Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP Paris, France
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- Centre National de Référence associé Escherichia coli, Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP Paris, France
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- Centre National de Référence associé Escherichia coli, Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP Paris, France ; IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM Paris, France ; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité Paris, France
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- Service de Réanimation, Centre hospitalier de Lons-le-Saunier Lons-le-Saunier, France
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- Service de Microbiologie, Centre hospitalier de Lons-le-Saunier Lons-le-Saunier, France
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- Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP Paris, France
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- Centre National de Référence associé Escherichia coli, Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP Paris, France ; IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM Paris, France ; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité Paris, France
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Effects of Shiga toxin type 2 on maternal and fetal status in rats in the early stage of pregnancy. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:384645. [PMID: 25157355 PMCID: PMC4026949 DOI: 10.1155/2014/384645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Shiga toxin type 2 (Stx2), a toxin secreted by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), could be one of the causes of maternal and fetal morbimortality not yet investigated. In this study, we examined the effects of Stx2 in rats in the early stage of pregnancy. Sprague-Dawley pregnant rats were intraperitoneally (i.p.) injected with sublethal doses of Stx2, 0.25 and 0.5 ng Stx2/g of body weight (bwt), at day 8 of gestation (early postimplantation period of gestation). Maternal weight loss and food and water intake were analyzed after Stx2 injection. Another group of rats were euthanized and uteri were collected at different times to evaluate fetal status. Immunolocalization of Stx2 in uterus and maternal kidneys was analyzed by immunohistochemistry. The presence of Stx2 receptor (globotriaosylceramide, Gb3) in the uteroplacental unit was observed by thin layer chromatography (TLC). Sublethal doses of Stx2 in rats caused maternal weight loss and pregnancy loss. Stx2 and Gb3 receptor were localized in decidual tissues. Stx2 was also immunolocalized in renal tissues. Our results demonstrate that Stx2 leads to pregnancy loss and maternal morbidity in rats in the early stage of pregnancy. This study highlights the possibility of human pregnancy loss and maternal morbidity mediated by Stx2.
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Characterization of Escherichia coli isolates from hospital inpatients or outpatients with urinary tract infection. J Clin Microbiol 2013; 52:407-18. [PMID: 24478469 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02069-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is the most common cause of community- and hospital-acquired urinary tract infections (UTIs). Isolates from uncomplicated community-acquired UTIs express a variety of virulence traits that promote the efficient colonization of the urinary tract. In contrast, nosocomial UTIs can be caused by E. coli strains that differ in their virulence traits from the community-acquired UTI isolates. UPEC virulence markers are used to distinguish these facultative extraintestinal pathogens, which belong to the intestinal flora of many healthy individuals, from intestinal pathogenic E. coli (IPEC). IPEC is a diarrheagenic pathogen with a characteristic virulence gene set that is absent in UPEC. Here, we characterized 265 isolates from patients with UTIs during inpatient or outpatient treatment at a hospital regarding their phylogenies and IPEC or UPEC virulence traits. Interestingly, 28 of these isolates (10.6%) carried typical IPEC virulence genes that are characteristic of enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), and atypical enteropathogenic E. coli (aEPEC), although IPEC is not considered a uropathogen. Twenty-three isolates harbored the astA gene coding for the EAEC heat-stable enterotoxin 1 (EAST1), and most of them carried virulence genes that are characteristic of UPEC and/or EAEC. Our results indicate that UPEC isolates from hospital patients differ from archetypal community-acquired isolates from uncomplicated UTIs by their spectrum of virulence traits. They represent a diverse group, including EAEC, as well as other IPEC pathotypes, which in addition contain typical UPEC virulence genes. The combination of typical extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) and IPEC virulence determinants in some isolates demonstrates the marked genome plasticity of E. coli and calls for a reevaluation of the strict pathotype classification of EAEC.
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Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli carrying the Shiga Toxin gene stx2. J Clin Microbiol 2013; 51:4279-80. [PMID: 24108605 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01349-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Cluster investigation of mixed O76:H19 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and atypical enteropathogenic E. coli infection in a Spanish household. Epidemiol Infect 2013; 142:1029-33. [PMID: 23906309 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268813001842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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A Spanish household was identified through a Public Health follow up on a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC)-positive 14-month-old girl reporting bloody diarrhoea, with the four household members experiencing either symptomatic or asymptomatic STEC and/or atypical enteropathogenic E. coli (aEPEC) shedding. In total, two different O76:H19 STEC strains and six aEPEC strains belonging to multiple serotypes were isolated and characterized in the household during a 5-month period. Prolonged asymptomatic shedding of O76:H19 STEC and O51:H49 aEPEC was detected in two family members. Although there was no conclusive evidence, consumption of vegetables fertilized with sheep manure was the suspected source of infection. This study highlights the risk of cross-infections posed by prolonged asymptomatic carriage and close household contact between family members, and illustrates the importance of molecular epidemiology in understanding disease clusters.
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Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O128ab:H2 bacteremia in a 27-year-old male with hemolytic-uremic syndrome. J Clin Microbiol 2013; 51:1633-5. [PMID: 23467596 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.03025-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains of serotype O128ab:H2 were isolated from blood and stool of a 27-year-old male presenting diarrhea-associated hemolytic-uremic syndrome complicated by bacteremia. This report once again illustrates the pathogenic potential of a non-O157 VTEC strain carrying a virulence profile previously associated with mild disease.
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Stritt A, Tschumi S, Kottanattu L, Bucher BS, Steinmann M, von Steiger N, Stephan R, Hachler H, Simonetti GD. Neonatal Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome After Mother-to-Child Transmission of a Low-Pathogenic stx2b Harboring Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli. Clin Infect Dis 2012; 56:114-6. [DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Usability and performance of CHROMagar STEC medium in detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains. J Clin Microbiol 2012; 50:3586-90. [PMID: 22933601 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01754-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The performance and usability of CHROMagar STEC medium (CHROMagar Microbiology, Paris, France) for routine detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains were examined. The ability of the medium to selectively propagate STEC strains differing by their serotypes and virulence genes was studied with a collection of diarrheagenic E. coli isolates (n = 365) consisting of 49 different serotypes and with non-STEC and other bacterial isolates (n = 264). A total of 272 diarrheagenic E. coli (75.0%) isolates covering 24 different serotypes grew on CHROMagar STEC. The highest detection sensitivities were observed within the STEC serogroups O26 (90.0%), O111 (100.0%), O121 (100.0%), O145 (100.0%), and O157 (84.9%), and growth on CHROMagar STEC was highly associated with the presence of the tellurite resistance gene (terD). The specificity of the medium was 98.9%. In addition, CHROMagar STEC was used in parallel with a Shiga toxin-detecting immunoassay (Ridaquick Verotoxin/O157 Combi; R-biopharm, Darmstadt, Germany) to screen fecal specimens (n = 47) collected from patients suffering from hemorrhagic diarrhea. Positive growth on CHROMagar STEC was confirmed by the Premier EHEC enzyme immunoassay (Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, OH), and discrepant results between the two screening methods were confirmed by stx gene-detecting PCR. All 16 of the 47 stool samples that showed positive growth on CHROMagar STEC were also positive in the confirmatory tests. CHROMagar STEC proved to be an interesting option for STEC screening, allowing good detection sensitivity and specificity and permitting strain isolation for further outbreak investigations when required.
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