scholarly journals Outbreak of multiple strains of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli associated with rocket salad, Finland, autumn 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (35) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sohvi Kinnula ◽  
Kaisa Hemminki ◽  
Hannele Kotilainen ◽  
Eeva Ruotsalainen ◽  
Eveliina Tarkka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Food Samples ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
National Surveillance ◽  
Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Clinical Laboratories ◽  
Helsinki Metropolitan Area ◽  
Multiple Strains

In August 2016, an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) with 237 cases occurred in the Helsinki metropolitan area, Finland. Gastroenteritis cases were reported at 11 events served by one catering company. Microbiological and epidemiological investigations suggested rocket salad as the cause of the outbreak. STEC ONT:H11 and EPEC O111:H8 strains isolated from food samples containing rocket were identical to the patient isolates. In this outbreak, the reported symptoms were milder than considered before for STEC infection, and the guidelines for STEC control measures need to be updated based on the severity of the illness. Based on our experience in this outbreak, national surveillance criteria for STEC have been updated to meet the practice in reporting laboratories covering both PCR-positive and culture-confirmed findings. We suggest that EPEC could be added to the national surveillance since diagnostics for EPEC are routinely done in clinical laboratories.

scholarly journals Novel Hybrid of Typical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Shiga-Toxin-Producing E. coli (tEPEC/STEC) Emerging From Pet Birds

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosely Martins Gioia-Di Chiacchio ◽  
Marcos Paulo Vieira Cunha ◽  
Lilian Rose Marques de Sá ◽  
Yamê Minieiro Davies ◽  
Camila Bueno Pacheco Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Pet Birds

Simultaneous Enrichment of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157 and O26 and Salmonella in Food Samples Using Universal Preenrichment Broth

2009 ◽  
Vol 72 (10) ◽  
pp. 2065-2070 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASASHI KANKI ◽  
KAZUKO SETO ◽  
JUNKO SAKATA ◽  
TETSUYA HARADA ◽  
YUKO KUMEDA
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Food Samples ◽  
Escherichia Coli O157 ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Peptone Water ◽  
Radish Sprouts ◽  
Pork Samples ◽  
Better Than

Universal preenrichment broth (UPB) was compared with modified Escherichia coli broth with novobiocin (mEC+n) for enrichment of Shiga toxin–producing E. coli O157 and O26, and with buffered peptone water (BPW) for preenrichment of Salmonella enterica. Ten strains each of the three pathogens were inoculated into beef and radish sprouts following thermal, freezing, or no treatment. With regard to O157 and O26, UPB incubated at 42°C recovered significantly more cells from inoculated beef than UPB at 35°C and from radish sprout samples than UPB at 35°C and mEC+n. With regard to Salmonella, UPB incubated at 42°C was as effective as UPB at 35°C and BPW at recovering cells from beef and radish sprout samples. No significant difference was noted between the effectiveness of UPB at 42°C and UPB at 35°C or BPW in the recovery of Salmonella from 205 naturally contaminated poultry samples. By using UPB at 42°C, one O157:H7 strain was isolated from the mixed offal of 53 beef samples, 6 cattle offal samples, and 50 pork samples all contaminated naturally, with no pathogen inoculation. The present study found that UPB incubated at 42°C was as effective as, or better than, mEC+n for enrichment of O157 and O26 and comparable to BPW for preenrichment of Salmonella. These findings suggest that a great deal of labor, time, samples, and space may be saved if O157, O26, and Salmonella are enriched simultaneously with UPB at 42°C.

scholarly journals Virulence Characteristics and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Diverse Sources

Antibiotics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 587
Author(s):  
Momna Rubab ◽  
Deog-Hwan Oh
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Diffusion Method ◽  
Shiga Toxins ◽  
E Coli ◽  
And Control ◽  
High Degree

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an enteric pathogen that causes several gastrointestinal ailments in humans across the world. STEC’s ability to cause ailment is attributed to the presence of a broad range of known and putative virulence factors (VFs) including those that encode Shiga toxins. A total of 51 E. coli strains belonging to serogroups O26, O45, O103, O104, O113, O121, O145, and O157 were tested for the presence of nine VFs via PCR and for their susceptibility to 17 frequently used antibiotics using the disc diffusion method. The isolates belonged to eight different serotypes, including eight O serogroups and 12 H types. The frequency of the presence of key VFs were stx1 (76.47%), stx2 (86.27%), eae (100%), ehxA (98.03%), nleA (100%), ureC (94.11%), iha (96.07%), subA (9.80%), and saa (94.11%) in the E. coli strains. All E. coli strains carried seven or more distinct VFs and, among these, four isolates harbored all tested VFs. In addition, all E. coli strains had a high degree of antibiotic resistance and were multidrug resistant (MDR). These results show a high incidence frequency of VFs and heterogeneity of VFs and MDR profiles of E. coli strains. Moreover, half of the E. coli isolates (74.5%) were resistant to > 9 classes of antibiotics (more than 50% of the tested antibiotics). Thus, our findings highlight the importance of appropriate epidemiological and microbiological surveillance and control measures to prevent STEC disease in humans worldwide.

Determination of flagellar types by PCR-RFLP analysis of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains isolated from animals in São Paulo, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia de Oliveira Ayala ◽  
Ana Carolina Ramos Moreno ◽  
Marina Baquerizo Martinez ◽  
Ylanna Kelner Burgos ◽  
Antonio Fernando Pestana de Castro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Rflp Analysis ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Pcr Rflp

scholarly journals Escherichia coli O121 outbreak associated with raw milk Gouda-like cheese in British Columbia, Canada, 2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Eva Boyd ◽  
Aljosa Trmcic ◽  
Marsha Taylor ◽  
Sion Shyng ◽  
Paul Hasselback ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
No Production ◽  
Consumer Awareness ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Epidemiologic Surveillance ◽  
Dairy Plant

Background: In 2018, a Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O121 outbreak that affected seven individuals was associated with raw milk Gouda-like cheese produced in British Columbia, Canada. Objectives: To describe the E. coli O121 outbreak investigation and recommend greater control measures for raw milk Gouda-like cheese. Methods: Cases of E. coli O121 were identified through laboratory testing results and epidemiologic surveillance data. The cases were interviewed on exposures of interest, which were analyzed against Foodbook Report values for British Columbia. Environmental inspection of the dairy plant and the cheese products was conducted to ascertain a source of contamination. Whole genome multi-locus sequence typing (wgMLST) was performed on all positive E. coli O121 clinical and food isolates at the provincial laboratory. Results: Four out of the seven cases consumed the same raw milk Gouda-like cheese between August and October 2018. The implicated cheese was aged longer than the required minimum of 60 days, and no production deficiencies were noted. One sample of the implicated cheese tested positive for E. coli O121. The seven clinical isolates and one cheese isolate matched by wgMLST within 6.5 alleles. Conclusion: Raw milk Gouda and Gouda-like cheese has been implicated in three previous Shiga toxin–producing E. coli outbreaks in North America. It was recommended product labelling to increase consumer awareness and thermization of milk to decrease the risk of illness associated with raw milk Gouda and Gouda-like cheese.

scholarly journals Prevalence and molecular characterization of Shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli isolates from human and sheep in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah

Infectio ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eman Fathi Sharafa ◽  
Iman I. Shabanaa
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Foodborne Pathogens ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Genetic Relatedness ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Life Threatening

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains have emerged as important foodborne pathogens of global public health concern, causing life-threatening diseases. Sheep and their products have been documented as important reservoirs for STECs, especially E. coli O157. The aim of this study was to investigate STECs from diarrheal human and sheep in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia. Fecal samples were collected between June and August, 2015 from diarrheal humans (n = 134) and sheep (n = 87). Presumptive E. coli human-and sheep-isolated strains were identified for their serotypes, the associated virulence genes (Shiga toxin [stx1 , stx2 ], haemolysin [ehxA] and intimin [eae]) by polymerase chain reaction and their susceptibility to antibiotics. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used to demonstrate the genetic relatedness between Serotype O157:H7 human- and sheep-isolated strains. Forty eight (48/221; 21.7%) STECs were recovered from both human and sheep, their serotypes were as follows: O157:H7, O26:H11, O157:HNM, O26:HNM, O128:H2, O48:HNM, O111:HNM and OUT:HUT. Various virulence profiles and multiple antibiotic resistance were observed among the isolates. Twenty eight O157:H7 serotypes (17 human isolates and 11 sheep isolates) were identified in 13 PFGE pulsotypes, where human and sheep isolates were highly related. PFGE banding profiles together with serotypes and genotypes afford proof that human and sheep can be colonized and infected with similar E. coli O157:H7 strains. Our findings highlight the importance of epidemiological and microbiological surveillance of STECs; as well as the development of control measures to decrease risks associated with zoonotic O157:H7.

scholarly journals Hemolysin-Producing Strains among Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Children under 2 Years Old with Diarrheal Disease

Pathogens ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1022
Author(s):  
Anca Mare ◽  
Adrian Man ◽  
Felicia Toma ◽  
Cristina Nicoleta Ciurea ◽  
Răzvan Lucian Coșeriu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Diarrheal Disease ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Enteropathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Diarrheagenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
O Antigens ◽  
Hlya Gene ◽  
High Diversity

Even if serotyping based on O antigens is still routinely used by most laboratories for the detection of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, this method can provide false-positive reactions, due to the high diversity of O antigens. Molecular methods represent a valuable tool that clarifies these situations. In the Bacteriology Laboratory of Mureș County Hospital, between May 2016 and July 2019, 160 diarrheagenic E. coli strains were isolated from children under 2 years old with diarrheic disease. The strains were identified as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)/enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) via agglutination with polyvalent sera. STEC strains were serotyped using monovalent sera for serogroup O157. Simplex PCR was performed on the strains to determine the presence of the hlyA gene, and, for the positive ones, the hemolytic activity was tested. Antibiotic susceptibility of the identified diarrheagenic E. coli strains was also investigated. STEC strains were the most frequently identified (49.1%), followed by EPEC (40.2%). The hlyA gene was identified in 12 cases, representing 18.2% of the STEC strains. Even if the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains represented only 10%, a relevant percentage of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains (24%) was identified.

scholarly journals Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli in ready-to-eat food staffs: Prevalence and distribution of putative virulence factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Sakhaie Shahreza ◽  
Ebrahim Rahimi ◽  
Hassan Momtaz
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Virulence Factors ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Pcr Amplification ◽  
Food Samples ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
The World

Lack of proper hygiene and using from low quality raw materials cause high presence of food-borne pathogens in ready to eat foods. Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli is one of the most common cause of food-borne diseases in the world. The present research was done to study the prevalence and distribution of virulence factors in the STEC strains isolated from various types of ready to eat food samples. Seven-hundred and twenty food samples were collected and cultured. Isolated E. coli bacteria were approved another time using the 16S rRNA-based PCR amplification. Approved strains were subjected to multiplex PCR for identification of putative virulence factors. Twenty-six out of 720 food samples (5.20%) were positive for E. coli. Salad (15%), candy (12.50%) and barbecue (10%) were the most commonly contaminated. Prevalence of STEC strains was 2.63%. Prevalence of EHEC and AEEC subtypes were 36.84% and 52.63%, respectively. EHEC strains harbored all three stx1, eae and ehly genes. High presence of EHEC strains besides the considerable distribution of multiple virulence factors showed an important public health issue regarding the consumption of ready to eat foods.

Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli in Beef Heifers Grazing an Irrigated Pasture

2001 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. 1613-1616 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. H. THRAN ◽  
H. S. HUSSEIN ◽  
M. R. HALL ◽  
S. F. KHAIBOULLINA
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Foodborne Pathogens ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Vero Cells ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Fecal Samples ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Microbiological Testing ◽  
Angus Heifers ◽  
Postharvest Control

Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) produce toxins that have been associated with several human illnesses. E. coli O157:H7 is the most well-studied STEC and was first associated with consumption of improperly cooked ground beef in 1982. E. coli O157:H7 is not the only foodborne STEC because other STEC serotypes are also associated with human illnesses. The objective of this study was to assess prevalence of STEC in 23 yearling beef (Angus) heifers grazing an irrigated grass pasture in spring (April), summer (July), fall (October), and winter (December) of 1999. A total of 86 fecal samples were rectally collected and were subjected to microbiological testing for the presence of STEC. Nine E. coli isolates from five heifers (one in spring and fall and three in winter) were toxic to Vero cells. Of these isolates, four were E. coli O157:H7, two belonged to the serogroup O6, one O39:NM, one O113:H−, and the final isolate was untypable. The STEC prevalence rate in our herd ranged from 4% (spring) to 15% (winter). Based on detecting both O157:H7 and non-O157:H7 STEC in our heifers, it is clear that screening fecal samples should not be limited to E. coli O157:H7. Identification of STEC-positive cattle prior to slaughter should help in reducing the risk of beef contamination with such foodborne pathogens if pre- and/or postharvest control measures are applied to such animals.

scholarly journals Detection of Hemolysin Variants of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli by PCR and Culture on VancomycinCefixime-Cefsulodin Blood Agar

1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 2449-2453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anselm Lehmacher ◽  
Heidi Meier ◽  
Stojanka Aleksic ◽  
Jochen Bockemühl
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Food Samples ◽  
Blood Agar ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Alpha Hemolysin ◽  
Pcr Products

ABSTRACT The presence of a hemolysin-encoding gene, elyA orhlyA, from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) was detected by PCR in each of 95 strains tested. PCR products of elyA from human STEC isolates of serovars frequently detected in Germany, such as O157:H−, O103:H2, O103:H−, O26:H11, and O26:H−, showed nucleotide sequences identical to previously reported ones for O157:H7 and O111:H− strains. Compared to them, four elyA amplicons derived from human isolates of rare STEC serovars showed identity of about 98% but lacked anAluI restriction site. However, the nucleotide sequence of an amplicon derived from a porcine O138:K81:H− STEC strain was identical to the corresponding region of hlyA, encoding alpha-hemolysin, from E. coli. This hlyAamplicon showed 68% identity with the nucleotide sequence of the corresponding elyA fragment. It differed from theelyA PCR product in restriction fragments generated byAluI, EcoRI, and MluI. Of the 95 representative STEC strains, 88 produced hemolysin on blood agar supplemented with vancomycin (30 mg/liter), cefixime (20 μg/liter), and cefsulodin (3 mg/liter) (BVCC). The lowest added numbers of two to six STEC CFU per g of stool or per ml of raw milk were detectable on BVCC plates after seeding of the preenrichment broth, modified tryptic soy broth (mTSB) supplemented with novobiocin (10 mg/liter), with 16 STEC strains. These strains represented the seven prevailing serovars diagnosed from German patients. However, with ground-beef samples, PCR was essential to identify the lowest added numbers of two to six STEC CFU among colonies of hemolyzing Enterobacteriaceae, such as Serratia spp. and alpha-hemolysin-producing E. coli. We conclude that preenrichment of stool and food samples in mTSB for 6 h followed by overnight culturing on BVCC is a simple method for the isolation and presumptive identification of STEC.

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