JCM Figure table search 04
Home Help [Feedback] [For Subscribers] [Archive] [Search] [Contents]
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Johnson, J. R.
Right arrow Articles by Tarr, P. I.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Johnson, J. R.
Right arrow Articles by Tarr, P. I.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 2247-2248, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2247-2248.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Analysis of Urinary Escherichia coli Isolates for Ability To Produce Shiga Toxin

James R. Johnson,1,2 Catherine Jerome,3 Daniel R. Boster,4 Ann E. Stapleton,5 and Phillip I. Tarr4,6*

Medical Service, VA Medical Center,,1 Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,2 Department of Laboratory Medicine,3 Division of Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center,4 Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine,5 Department of Pediatrics University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington6

Received 18 December 2001/ Accepted 25 February 2002

The frequency of Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in the urinary tract, which can precipitate the hemolytic-uremic syndrome, is unknown. We tested 597 urinary E. coli isolates by Stx immunoassay and found no STEC. The routine screening of urinary E. coli for the ability to produce Stx is not warranted.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105. Phone: (206) 526-2100, ext. 4150. Fax: (206) 526-2221. E-mail: tarr{at}u.washington.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2002, p. 2247-2248, Vol. 40, No. 6
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2247-2248.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





Home Help [Feedback] [For Subscribers] [Archive] [Search] [Contents]
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. Clin. Microbiol. Rev.
Clin. Vaccine Immunol. ALL ASM JOURNALS

Copyright © 2002 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.