Hemolytic uremic syndrome following infection with O111 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli revealed through molecular diagnostics

J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Mar;52(3):1003-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02855-13. Epub 2013 Dec 26.

Abstract

We report a case of hemolytic uremic syndrome in a 69-year-old woman due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, possibly serotype O111, to illustrate the potentially deleterious implications of a Campylobacter enzyme immunoassay (EIA) result and the increasing importance of molecular testing when conventional methods are limited.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
  • Campylobacter / isolation & purification
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Escherichia coli Infections / diagnosis*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques / methods
  • Pathology, Molecular / methods*
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / classification
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*