Antibody response to lipopolysaccharides and recombinant proteins of Shiga toxin (STX)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in children with haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Poland.

Abstract:

:Typical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (STEC-HUS), caused by Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), is a serious, life-threating disease that mainly affects children. Bacteriological and genetic tests are commonly used in the routine laboratory diagnosis of STEC-HUS; however, serological methods have emerged as useful and reliable diagnostic tools, especially when bacterial isolation fails. In this study, we present the results of the serological investigation of 72 paediatric patients suspected for HUS, hospitalized during 2011-2019 at the Department of Pediatrics and Nephrology of Children's Hospitals in Poland. During the routine laboratory investigation STEC strains were isolated only from nine stool samples. However, serological investigations confirmed 45 cases of STEC infections in children with HUS. In this study, 22 (48·9%) paediatric patients were infected by E. coli serotype O26, 11 (24·4%) by serotype O145, 9 (20·0%) by serotype O157, and 3 (6·7%) by E. coli serotype O111. In the majority of these patients, in addition to a high level of IgA, IgG and IgM antibodies to lipopolysaccharide of particular E. coli serotypes, antibodies to recombinant proteins Tir, Stx2b and intimin were detected. Our results confirm that serological tests are useful in the diagnosis of STEC-HUS. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study showed that serological analysis greatly complements bacterial isolation and helps in the diagnosis and confirmation of Shiga toxin (verotoxin)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections. Serological tests can be performed to qualify the patient for the typical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (STEC-HUS). In Poland, STEC-HUS in children is mostly caused by the E. coli serotype O26, which indicates that there is an increasing number of non-O157 STEC infections associated with human diseases in Europe.

journal_name

Lett Appl Microbiol

authors

Rastawicki W,Śmietańska K,Rokosz-Chudziak N,Wołkowicz T

doi

10.1111/lam.13295

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-06-01 00:00:00

pages

440-446

issue

6

eissn

0266-8254

issn

1472-765X

journal_volume

70

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