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The serological relationship between Yersinia enterocolitica O9 and Escherichia coli O157 using sera from patients with yersiniosis and haemolytic uraemic syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

H. Chart ,
T. Cheasty ,
D. Cope ,
R. J. Gross  and
B. Rowe
H. Chart
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK
T. Cheasty
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK
D. Cope
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK Public Health Laboratory, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LEI 5WW, UK
R. J. Gross
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK
B. Rowe
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK
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Sera from patients with yersiniosis. shown to contain antibodies to Yersinia enterocolitica O9; and sera from patients with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) caused by Escherichia coli O157, were used to investigate serological cross-reactions between Y. enterocolitica O9 and E. coli O157. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was isolated from strains of Y. enterocolitica O9 and E. coli O157 and reacted with sera by immunoblotting and ELISA. Sera from patients with HUS contained antibodies to the LPS of E. coli O157 only; 80% of sera from patients with yersiniosis contained antibodies to the LPS of Y. enterocolitica O9 and E. coli O157. This one-way cross-reaction was also detected using hyperimmune rabbit antisera.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 107 , Issue 2 , October 1991 , pp. 349 - 356
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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