A DNA probe to identify enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli of O157:H7 and other serotypes that cause hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome.
A DNA probe to identify enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli of O157:H7 and other serotypes that cause hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome.
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用于识别 O157:H7 肠出血性大肠杆菌和导致出血性结肠炎和溶血性尿毒症综合征的其他血清型的 DNA 探针。
DOI:
10.1093/infdis/156.1.175
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发表时间:
1987
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Wachsmuth,K
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作者:
Levine,MM;Xu,JG;Kaper,JB;Lior,H;Prado,V;Tall,B;Nataro,J;Karch,H;Wachsmuth,K
EnterohemorrhagicEscherichia coli(EHEC) cause hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), make potent cytotoxins (Verotoxins [VT] or Shiga-like toxins), and possess a plasmid (∼60 megadaltons) that encodes a new fimbrial antigen and promotes attachment to epithelial cells.Weevaluated the use of a DNA probe, prepared from a 3.4-kilobase segment of the EHEC plasmid, to detect EHEC. The probe hybridized with 106 (99%) of 107 O157:H7 and 34 (77%) of 44 O26:H11, VT-positive strains from patients with colitis, HUS, and diarrheal disease and hybridized with 21 (81%) of 26 VT-positiveE. coliof serotypes other than O157:H7 or O26:H11 from patients with hemorrhagic colitis and HUS. Weexamined 601 other strains, including 18 serotype O26 isolates of H types other than H11, 306 enteropathogenicE. coli, 60 enteroinvasiveE. coli, 119 enterotoxigenicE. coli, and 20 isolates from the urinary tract and 77 isolates from the normal intestinal flora; only one (O127:H-) was positive (specificity, 99.8%). Serotype O26:H11, previously considered a classic enteropathogenicE. coliserotype, is now shown to be EHEC.