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Case Reports
. 2014 Apr;52(4):1301-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.03459-13. Epub 2014 Feb 5.

Hemolytic uremic syndrome in a 65-Year-old male linked to a very unusual type of stx2e- and eae-harboring O51:H49 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Dominique Fasel  1 , Alexander Mellmann, Nicole Cernela, Herbert Hächler, Angelika Fruth, Nina Khanna, Adrian Egli, Christiane Beckmann, Hans H Hirsch, Daniel Goldenberger, Roger Stephan
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome in a 65-Year-old male linked to a very unusual type of stx2e- and eae-harboring O51:H49 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Dominique Fasel et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

We report on a 65-year-old male patient with a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O51:H49 gastrointestinal infection and sepsis associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) with a fatal outcome. The strains isolated harbored stx2e and eae, a very unusual and new virulence profile for an HUS-associated enterohemorrhagic E. coli.

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