Shiga Toxin 2-Producing Acinetobacter haemolyticus Associated with a Case of Bloody Diarrhea

We report the first Shiga toxin 2-producing Acinetobacter haemolyticus strain that was isolated from the feces of a 3-month-old infant with bloody diarrhea. Usual enteropathogenic bacteria were not detected. This finding suggests that any Shiga toxin-producing microorganism capable of colonizing the...

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Published in:	Journal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 44; no. 10; pp. 3838 - 3841
Main Authors:	Grotiuz, Germán, Sirok, Alfredo, Gadea, Pilar, Varela, Gustavo, Schelotto, Felipe
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01-10-2006
Subjects:	Acinetobacter - metabolism Acinetobacter haemolyticus Acinetobacter Infections - microbiology Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Case Reports Diarrhea - microbiology Feces - microbiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Human bacterial diseases Humans Infant Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Microbiology Miscellaneous Molecular Sequence Data Shiga Toxin 2 - isolation & purification Shiga Toxin 2 - metabolism Microbiology Neisseriaceae Digestive diseases Bacteria Intestinal disease Micrococcales Acinetobacter Dysentery Shiga like toxin
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Summary:	We report the first Shiga toxin 2-producing Acinetobacter haemolyticus strain that was isolated from the feces of a 3-month-old infant with bloody diarrhea. Usual enteropathogenic bacteria were not detected. This finding suggests that any Shiga toxin-producing microorganism capable of colonizing the human gut may have the potential to cause illness.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Corresponding author. Mailing address: Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Reference Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Institute of Hygiene, Av. Dr. Alfredo Navarro 3051, CP 11600, Montevideo, Uruguay. Phone: 598 2 4875795. Fax: 598 2 4873073. E-mail: bacvir@higiene.edu.uy. G.G. and A.S. contributed equally to the experimental work and to the elaboration of this report.
ISSN:	0095-1137 1098-660X 1098-5530
DOI:	10.1128/JCM.00407-06