BACKGROUND: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of pregnancy complicated by hemorrhagic enterocolitis due to Escherichia coli O157. CASE: A woman with hemorrhagic enterocolitis due to E coli O157 was seen at 32 weeks of gestation. We investigated her immune response to 0157 lipopolysaccharide and to Shiga toxin in the sera and breast milk. CONCLUSION: IgM and IgA to 0157 lipopolysaccharide in the breast milk of this patient might protect her infant after the disappearance of serum IgM.
BACKGROUND: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of pregnancy complicated by hemorrhagic enterocolitis due to Escherichia coli O157. CASE: A woman with hemorrhagic enterocolitis due to E coli O157 was seen at 32 weeks of gestation. We investigated her immune response to 0157 lipopolysaccharide and to Shiga toxin in the sera and breast milk. CONCLUSION: IgM and IgA to 0157 lipopolysaccharide in the breast milk of this patient might protect her infant after the disappearance of serum IgM.
Authors: Francis Girard; Isabelle P Oswald; Ionélia Taranu; Pierre Hélie; Greg D Appleyard; Josée Harel; John M Fairbrother Journal: Infect Immun Date: 2005-09 Impact factor: 3.441
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