Molecular epidemiology, clinical features and significance of Shiga toxin detection from routine testing of gastroenteritis specimens

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After introduction of faecal multiplex PCR that includes targets for stx1 and stx2 genes, we found stx genes were detected in 120 specimens from 111 patients over a 31-month period from 2018-2020 from a total of 14,179 separate tests performed. The proportion of stx1 only vs stx2 only vs stx1 and stx2 was 35%, 22% and 42%, respectively. There were 54 specimens which were culture positive, with 33 different serotypes identified, the predominant serotype being O157:H7 (19%). Eighty-two patients had clinical data available; we found a high rate of fever (35%), bloody diarrhoea (34%), acute kidney injury (27%), hospital admission (80%) and detection of faecal co-pathogens (23%). Only one patient developed haemolytic uraemic syndrome. We found no significant association with stx genotype and any particular symptom or complication. We found a significant association of serotypes O157:H7 and O26:H11 with bloody stool, but no significant association with any other symptom or complication.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Pathology - 55(2023), 5 vom: 04. Aug., Seite 656-662

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kiss, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Kotsanas, Despina [VerfasserIn]
Francis, Michelle J [VerfasserIn]
Sait, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Valcanis, Mary [VerfasserIn]
Lacey, Jake [VerfasserIn]
Connelly, Kathryn [VerfasserIn]
Rogers, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Ballard, Susan A [VerfasserIn]
Howden, Benjamin P [VerfasserIn]
Graham, Maryza [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

HUS
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Journal Article
STEC
STEC O157:H7
Shiga Toxins
Shiga-toxin producing E. coli

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Date Completed 10.07.2023

Date Revised 18.07.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pathol.2023.03.005

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NLM357736311