Immunologic evaluation of an Escherichia coli O157-infected pregnant woman. A case report
Tanaka, H.; Toyoda, N.; Adachi, E.; Takeda, T.
Journal of Reproductive Medicine 45(5): 442-444
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-7758 PMID: 10845182 Document Number: 521408
BACKGROUND: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of pregnancy complicated by hemorrhagic enterocolitis due to Escherichia coli 0157. CASE: A woman with hemorrhagic enterocolitis due to E coli 0157 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.