Genotyping of Shiga-like toxin genes in non-O157 Escherichia coli strains associated with haemolytic uraemic syndrome.

The pheno- and genotypes of Shiga-like toxins (SLTs) in non-O157 Escherichia coli strains from patients with haemolytic uraemic syndrome were determined. The clinical isolates investigated were from Italy and Germany and belonged to serotypes O22:H8, O26:H-, O26:H11, O91:H-, O111:H- and O128:H-; one isolate was non-typable. SLT genotypes were analysed by complete nucleotide sequence analysis of the B-subunit genes. The results showed that 14 strains possessed slt-I alone, two contained slt-II alone and five isolates harboured both slt-I and slt-II genes. In only two strains were slt-II-related genes found, together with either slt-I or slt-II. These findings indicate that variants of SLT-II are rarely found in non-O157 E. coli isolates from patients with haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with Taq cycle sequencing was found to be a suitable method for classification of slt genotypes.

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