Uncommon Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O165:HNM as cause of hemolytic uremic syndrome in São Paulo, Brazil.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Published: October 2007

Current knowledge of the circulating enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains as agents of severe infections has a significant impact on the improvement of diagnostic procedures and control strategies. This report describes a case of hemolytic uremic syndrome related to an uncommon EHEC O165:HNM serotype. As far as we know, this serotype has not been previously associated with human infections, nor has it been isolated from the animal reservoir in São Paulo, Brazil.

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