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

Sadjia Bekal; Danielle Ramsay; Fabien Rallu; Pierre Pilon; Matthew Gilmour; Roger Johnson; Cécile Tremblay

doi:10.1139/cjm-2014-0159

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

Sadjia Bekal, Danielle Ramsay, Fabien Rallu, Pierre Pilon, Matthew Gilmour, Roger Johnson, Cécile Tremblay

Norwich Medical School

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	417-418
Number of pages	2
Journal	Canadian Journal of Microbiology
Volume	60
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2014-0159
Publication status	Published - Jun 2014

Keywords

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

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

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