Inducible stx2 phages are lysogenized in the enteroaggregative and other phenotypic Escherichia coli O86:HNM isolated from patients

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2000 Oct 1;191(1):7-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09311.x.

Abstract

We characterized two Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O86:HNM isolates from a patient with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) or bloody diarrhea. Both of them did not possess the eaeA gene. However, the isolate from a HUS patient carried genetic markers of enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) and showed aggregative adherence pattern to HEp-2 cells. The other isolate from bloody diarrhea, which was negative with EAEC markers, was diffusely adhered to HEp-2 cells. The stx2 gene in both E. coli O86:HNM strains was encoded in each infectious phage, which was partially homologous to that of strain EDL933, a STEC O157:H7. These results will help to explain the genotypic divergences of STEC.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Adhesion
  • Blotting, Southern
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Coliphages / genetics*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli / classification*
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli / pathogenicity*
  • Escherichia coli / virology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Lysogeny
  • Phenotype
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Shiga Toxin 2 / metabolism*
  • Virulence

Substances

  • Shiga Toxin 2