Identification of Shigella flexneri isolates carrying the Shiga toxin 1-producing gene in Quebec, Canada, linked to travel to Haiti

• Published in: Canadian journal of microbiology Vol. 61; no. 12; pp. 995 - 996
• Main Authors: Bekal, Sadjia, Pilon, Pierre A, Cloutier, Nancy, Doualla-Bell, Florence, Longtin, Jean
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada NRC Research Press 01.12.2015; Canadian Science Publishing NRC Research Press
• Subjects: Bacterial toxins; Dysentery, Bacillary - microbiology; E coli; Genes; Genetic aspects; Haiti; Humans; Identification and classification; Polymerase chain reaction; Quebec; Shiga Toxin 1 - biosynthesis; Shiga Toxin 1 - genetics; Shigella flexneri; Shigella flexneri - classification; Shigella flexneri - genetics; Shigella flexneri - isolation & purification; Shigella flexneri - metabolism; Toxins; Travel; Haiti; Quebec; Canada; Quebec Canada; Canada, Quebec; ASW, Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles, Haiti

Shiga toxins (Stx1 and Stx2, also called verocytotoxins) are commonly associated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Shigella dysenteriae type 1. Recent studies have documented cases of stx carriage in other Shigella species, including S. sonnei linked to travel to Morocco and S....