Shiga toxin 2-producing Acinetobacter haemolyticus associated with a case of bloody diarrhea

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Oct;44(10):3838-41. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00407-06.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / metabolism*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Shiga Toxin 2 / isolation & purification
  • Shiga Toxin 2 / metabolism*

Substances

  • Shiga Toxin 2

Associated data

  • GENBANK/DQ344636