TY - JOUR
T1 - Outbreak caused by cad-negative shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli O111, oklahoma
AU - Calderon, Veronica E.
AU - Chang, Qing
AU - McDermott, Mike
AU - Lytle, Michael B.
AU - McKee, Garry
AU - Rodriguez, Krystle
AU - Rasko, David A.
AU - Sperandio, Vanessa
AU - Torres, Alfredo G.
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - An outbreak of severe diarrheal illness was recently reported in northeastern Oklahoma, and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O111 was identified as the etiological agent. Our results indicated that this isolate is unable to decarboxylate lysine, a characteristic that is shared with other outbreak-linked O111 isolates. Therefore, further investigation is recommended to determine whether the lysine decarboxylase test could be used to identify a subset of pathogenic E. coli, particularly Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O111 isolates, that have the potential of causing human infections and outbreaks.
AB - An outbreak of severe diarrheal illness was recently reported in northeastern Oklahoma, and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O111 was identified as the etiological agent. Our results indicated that this isolate is unable to decarboxylate lysine, a characteristic that is shared with other outbreak-linked O111 isolates. Therefore, further investigation is recommended to determine whether the lysine decarboxylase test could be used to identify a subset of pathogenic E. coli, particularly Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O111 isolates, that have the potential of causing human infections and outbreaks.
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U2 - 10.1089/fpd.2009.0370
DO - 10.1089/fpd.2009.0370
M3 - Article
C2 - 19785536
AN - SCOPUS:74549155746
SN - 1535-3141
VL - 7
SP - 107
EP - 109
JO - Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
JF - Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
IS - 1
ER -