Genome Sequence for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O26:H11, Associated with a Cluster of Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Cases in South Africa, 2017

Anthony M Smith; Kalule J Bosco; Mark P Nicol; Jackie Kleynhans; Mignon McCulloch; Sanelisiwe T Duze; Arshad Ismail; Mushal Allam; Nomsa P Tau; Karen H Keddy

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00989-17

Genome Sequence for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O26:H11, Associated with a Cluster of Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Cases in South Africa, 2017

Genome Announc. 2017 Sep 21;5(38):e00989-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00989-17.

Authors

Anthony M Smith^{1

2}, Kalule J Bosco³, Mark P Nicol^{3

4}, Jackie Kleynhans⁵, Mignon McCulloch⁶, Sanelisiwe T Duze⁷, Arshad Ismail⁸, Mushal Allam⁸, Nomsa P Tau⁷, Karen H Keddy^{7

2}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa [email protected].
² Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ National Health Laboratory Service, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ South African Field Epidemiology Programme, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁶ Red Cross Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁷ Centre for Enteric Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁸ Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Abstract

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains are primarily foodborne pathogens that may cause diarrheal outbreaks and are associated with severe complications, specifically hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). We report here genome sequence data for STEC O26:H11, which is associated with a cluster of cases of HUS, a rarely described syndrome in South Africa.