[Isolation of vero toxin-producing Escherichia coli (enterohemorrhagic E. coli) O111:H- from 2 cases diagnosed as appendicitis]

M Uchimura; Y Tsuruoka; T Hukuda; K Suzuki; S Yamasaki; Y Takeda

doi:10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.65.905

[Isolation of vero toxin-producing Escherichia coli (enterohemorrhagic E. coli) O111:H- from 2 cases diagnosed as appendicitis]

Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 1991 Aug;65(8):905-8. doi: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.65.905.

[Article in Japanese]

Authors

M Uchimura¹, Y Tsuruoka, T Hukuda, K Suzuki, S Yamasaki, Y Takeda

Affiliation

¹ Chibe Prefectual Institute of Public Health.

PMID: 1919123
DOI: 10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.65.905

Abstract

Vero toxin-producing E. coli O111:H- was isolated from 2 cases of patients with severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea and were diagnosed as appendicitis. E. coli from both cases produced both VT1 and VT2.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Appendicitis / diagnosis*
Appendicitis / microbiology
Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis*
Diarrhea / microbiology
Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
Escherichia coli / metabolism*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Shiga Toxin 1

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Shiga Toxin 1