Neonatal hemolytic uremic syndrome after mother-to-child transmission of a low-pathogenic stx2b harboring shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli.
Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America
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Abstract
This case describes evidence for a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O146:H28 infection leading to hemolytic uremic syndrome in a neonate. STEC O146:H28 was linked hitherto with asymptomatic carriage in humans. Based on strain characteristics and genotyping data, the mother is a healthy carrier who transmitted the STEC during delivery. STEC strains belonging to the low-pathogenic STEC group must also be considered in the workup of neonatal hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Authors
Andrea Stritt, Sibylle Tschumi, Lisa Kottanattu, Barbara Bucher, Markus Steinmann, Niklaus Von Steiger, Roger Stephan, Herbert Hächler, Giacomo Simonetti
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