Volume 9, Number 1—January 2003
Research
Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Infections Associated with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Italy, 1988–2000
Alberto E. Tozzi*
, Alfredo Caprioli*, Fabio Minelli*, Alessandra Gianviti†, Laura De Petris†, Alberto Edefonti‡, Giovanni Montini§, Alfonso Ferretti¶, Tommaso De Palo#, Maurizio Gaido**, Gianfranco Rizzoni‡, and the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Study Group
, Alfredo Caprioli*, Fabio Minelli*, Alessandra Gianviti†, Laura De Petris†, Alberto Edefonti‡, Giovanni Montini§, Alfonso Ferretti¶, Tommaso De Palo#, Maurizio Gaido**, Gianfranco Rizzoni‡, and the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Study GroupTable
Evidence of STEC infection in 249 Italian children with HUS, shown by presence of prodromal diarrheaa
| Evidence of STEC infection | Patients with symptoms
no. positive/no. examined (%) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloody diarrhea | Nonbloody diarrhea | No diarrhea | No information | Total | ||
| STEC isolation |
9/88 (10.2) |
4/63 (6.3) |
4/39 (10.2) |
1/38 (2.6) |
18/228 (7.9) |
|
| Free fecal Stx |
23/86 (26.7) |
21/63 (33.3) |
10/38 (26.3) |
9/38 (23.7) |
63/225 (28.0) |
|
| Antibodies to LPS |
61/88 (69.3) |
39/63 (61.9) |
14/41 (34.1) |
30/43 (69.8) |
144/235 (61.3) |
|
| Any | 73/92 (79.3) | 50/67 (74.6) | 22/42 (52.4) | 37/48 (77.1) | 182/249 (73.1) | |
aSTEC, Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli; HUS, hemolytic uremic syndrome; Stx, Shiga toxin; LPS, lipopolysaccharide.
