Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in a 65-Year-Old Male Linked to a Very Unusual Type of stx 2e- and eae-Harboring O51:H49 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

ABSTRACT We report on a 65-year-old male patient with a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O51:H49 gastrointestinal infection and sepsis associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) with a fatal outcome. The strains isolated harbored stx 2e and eae, a very unusual and new virulence profile for an HUS-associated enterohemorrhagic E. coli.

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