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Emerging Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Serotypes in Europe: O100:H- and O127:H40 |
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| Authors: | Dorothea Orth Katharina Grif Ian Fisher Angelika Fruth Helmut Tschäpe Flemming Scheutz Manfred P. Dierich Reinhard Würzner |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University and Austrian Reference Laboratory for EHEC/STEC/VTEC, Sch?pfstr. 41, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria 2. Enter-net surveillance hub, HPA Centre for Infections, 61 Colindale Ave, London, NW9 5EQ, UK 3. Robert Koch Institute, Branch Wernigerode, National Reference Centre for Salmonella and other Enterics, Burgstr. 37, 38855, Wernigerode, Germany 4. The International Escherichia and Klebsiella Centre (WHO), Artillerivej 5, Copenhagen S, 2300, Denmark |
| Abstract: | Novel and as yet rare non-O157 Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotypes are emerging in Europe. Two different sorbitol-fermenting STECs, O100:H- carrying the virulence gene stx2 and O127:H40 carrying stx1 and eae genes (found in two related subjects), were isolated from patients’ stool samples. Non-O157 STEC infections in humans are currently under-diagnosed. This report highlights the need for, and importance of, screening for Shiga toxins or serotypes other than just O157. |
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