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.
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*