Abstract

ZOTTA, Claudio Marcelo et al. Infecciones por Escherichia coli productora de toxina Shiga O121:H19 en pacientes atendidos en Mar del Plata. Acta bioquím. clín. latinoam. [online]. 2019, vol.53, n.2, pp.193-201. ISSN 0325-2957.

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 is the most frequent serotype identified as causative agent of sporadic cases and outbreaks of diarrhea with or without blood, hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), although more than 100 serotypes have been described of similar pathogenic potential. The aim of the study was to describe cases of human disease associated with STEC O121:H19 infections, assisted in Mar del Plata City, and to establish the genetic relationship of the isolates by molecular epidemiology techniques. A wide spectrum was observed in the clinical severity of the eight cases studied: two were asymptomatic (contacts of HUS), one patient had bloody diarrhea, and five cases presented HUS. One HUS case died. All STEC O121:H19 strains carried the stx2a/eae/ehxA genotype, were sensitive to all antibiotics tested and showed different macrorestriction patterns by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (Xbal-PFGE), with 84.25% similarity. The pattern AREXKX01.0072, detected in a HUS case and in his contact, is new in the Argentine National Database of non-O157 STEC. The use of standardized methods for detection and typing of STEC allows reference laboratories to monitor the temporal frequency and geographical distribution of circulating strains for the prevention and control of these pathogens associated with human diseases.

Keywords : Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Molecular epidemiology; Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli; Serotype O121:H19; XbaI-PFGE.

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