First documented case of human infection with ovine Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O52:H45

Can J Microbiol. 2014 Jun;60(6):417-8. doi: 10.1139/cjm-2014-0159. Epub 2014 Apr 26.

Abstract

We report a concurrent case of infection with non-O157 Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strain in an 8-month-old child. Laboratory and epidemiological investigations indicated child exposure to contaminated sheep meat following the Muslim feast of sacrifice (Eid al-Adha). Microbiological and molecular typing confirmed that the ovine strain O52:H45 (stx1+, eae-, hlyA-) was the causal agent. This is the first documented case of human infection to this STEC serotype.

Keywords: Escherichia coli; O52:H45; STEC autre que l’O157; Shiga toxin; mouton; non-O157 STEC; sheep; toxine Shiga.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Meat / microbiology*
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Serotyping
  • Sheep
  • Shiga Toxin 1 / genetics
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / classification*
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Shiga Toxin 1