Hemolytic uremic syndrome following infection with O111 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli revealed through molecular diagnostics

We report a case of hemolytic uremic syndrome in a 69-year-old woman due to Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, possibly serotype O111, to illustrate the potentially deleterious implications of a Campylobacter enzyme immunoassay (EIA) result and the increasing importance of molecular testing when conventional methods are limited.