Skip to main content
PMC home page
Journal of Clinical Microbiology logoLink to Journal of Clinical Microbiology
. 1990 Jun;28(6):1460–1462. doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.6.1460-1462.1990

Production of Shiga-like toxin among Escherichia coli strains and other bacteria isolated from diarrhea in São Paulo, Brazil.

R Giraldi 1, B E Guth 1, L R Trabulsi 1
PMCID: PMC267957  PMID: 2199511

Abstract

An elevated level of Shiga-like toxin I (SLT-I) production was found in 1 of 466 Escherichia coli strains studied. Among the 34 sonic lysates obtained from classical enteropathogenic E. coli, 5 produced SLT-I. The Aeromonas, Citrobacter, Edwardsiella, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Proteus, Providencia, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Serratia, Shigella, Yersinia, and Vibrio strains also studied were not SLT producers, except for a Shigella dysenteriae type 1 strain. Although SLT-I-producing E. coli strains were isolated from diarrhea, they seem to be an uncommon cause of disease in children less than 1 year old in our community.

Full text

PDF
1460

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Bartlett A. V., 3rd, Prado D., Cleary T. G., Pickering L. K. Production of Shiga toxin and other cytotoxins by serogroups of Shigella. J Infect Dis. 1986 Dec;154(6):996–1002. doi: 10.1093/infdis/154.6.996. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Brown J. E., Echeverria P., Taylor D. N., Seriwatana J., Vanapruks V., Lexomboon U., Neill R. N., Newland J. W. Determination by DNA hybridization of Shiga-like-toxin-producing Escherichia coli in children with diarrhea in Thailand. J Clin Microbiol. 1989 Feb;27(2):291–294. doi: 10.1128/jcm.27.2.291-294.1989. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Cleary T. G., Mathewson J. J., Faris E., Pickering L. K. Shiga-like cytotoxin production by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli serogroups. Infect Immun. 1985 Jan;47(1):335–337. doi: 10.1128/iai.47.1.335-337.1985. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Dean A. G., Ching Y. C., Williams R. G., Harden L. B. Test for Escherichia coli enterotoxin using infant mice: application in a study of diarrhea in children in Honolulu. J Infect Dis. 1972 Apr;125(4):407–411. doi: 10.1093/infdis/125.4.407. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Evans D. J., Jr, Evans D. G. Direct serological assay for the heat-labile enterotoxin of Escherichia coli, using passive immune hemolysis. Infect Immun. 1977 May;16(2):604–609. doi: 10.1128/iai.16.2.604-609.1977. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Gentry M. K., Dalrymple J. M. Quantitative microtiter cytotoxicity assay for Shigella toxin. J Clin Microbiol. 1980 Sep;12(3):361–366. doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.3.361-366.1980. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Johnson W. M., Lior H. Cytotoxicity and suckling mouse reactivity of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from human sources. Can J Microbiol. 1981 Oct;27(10):1019–1027. doi: 10.1139/m81-159. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Karch H., Heesemann J., Laufs R. Phage-associated cytotoxin production by and enteroadhesiveness of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from infants with diarrhea in West Germany. J Infect Dis. 1987 Apr;155(4):707–715. doi: 10.1093/infdis/155.4.707. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Karmali M. A. Infection by verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1989 Jan;2(1):15–38. doi: 10.1128/cmr.2.1.15. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Karmali M. A., Petric M., Lim C., Fleming P. C., Arbus G. S., Lior H. The association between idiopathic hemolytic uremic syndrome and infection by verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli. J Infect Dis. 1985 May;151(5):775–782. doi: 10.1093/infdis/151.5.775. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Konowalchuk J., Speirs J. I., Stavric S. Vero response to a cytotoxin of Escherichia coli. Infect Immun. 1977 Dec;18(3):775–779. doi: 10.1128/iai.18.3.775-779.1977. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Levine M. M., Xu J. G., Kaper J. B., Lior H., Prado V., Tall B., Nataro J., Karch H., Wachsmuth K. A DNA probe to identify enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli of O157:H7 and other serotypes that cause hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. J Infect Dis. 1987 Jul;156(1):175–182. doi: 10.1093/infdis/156.1.175. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Marques L. R., Moore M. A., Wells J. G., Wachsmuth I. K., O'Brien A. D. Production of Shiga-like toxin by Escherichia coli. J Infect Dis. 1986 Aug;154(2):338–341. doi: 10.1093/infdis/154.2.338. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Millership S. E., Barer M. R., Tabaqchali S. Toxin production by Aeromonas spp. from different sources. J Med Microbiol. 1986 Dec;22(4):311–314. doi: 10.1099/00222615-22-4-311. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. O'Brien A. D., Chen M. E., Holmes R. K., Kaper J., Levine M. M. Environmental and human isolates of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus produce a Shigella dysenteriae 1 (Shiga)-like cytotoxin. Lancet. 1984 Jan 14;1(8368):77–78. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(84)90006-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. O'Brien A. D., Holmes R. K. Shiga and Shiga-like toxins. Microbiol Rev. 1987 Jun;51(2):206–220. doi: 10.1128/mr.51.2.206-220.1987. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. O'Brien A. D., LaVeck G. D., Thompson M. R., Formal S. B. Production of Shigella dysenteriae type 1-like cytotoxin by Escherichia coli. J Infect Dis. 1982 Dec;146(6):763–769. doi: 10.1093/infdis/146.6.763. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. O'Brien A. D., Laveck G. D. Immunochemical and cytotoxic activities of Shigella dysenteriae 1 (shiga) and shiga-like toxins. Infect Immun. 1982 Mar;35(3):1151–1154. doi: 10.1128/iai.35.3.1151-1154.1982. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. Riley L. W. The epidemiologic, clinical, and microbiologic features of hemorrhagic colitis. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1987;41:383–407. doi: 10.1146/annurev.mi.41.100187.002123. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. Smith H. W., Green P., Parsell Z. Vero cell toxins in Escherichia coli and related bacteria: transfer by phage and conjugation and toxic action in laboratory animals, chickens and pigs. J Gen Microbiol. 1983 Oct;129(10):3121–3137. doi: 10.1099/00221287-129-10-3121. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  21. Toledo M. R., Alvariza M. do C., Murahovschi J., Ramos S. R., Trabulsi L. R. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli serotypes and endemic diarrhea in infants. Infect Immun. 1983 Feb;39(2):586–589. doi: 10.1128/iai.39.2.586-589.1983. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Clinical Microbiology are provided here courtesy of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESOURCES