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Molecular characteristics and epidemiological significance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2000
Zhang W L, Bielaszewska M, Liesegang A, Tschäpe H, Schmidt H, Bitzan M, Karch H
Abstract excerpt
Fifty-five Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O26:H11 and O26:H(-) strains isolated from humans between 1965 and 1999 in Germany and the Czech Republic were investigated for their chromosomal and plasmid characteristics. All motile (n = 23) and nonmotile (n = 32) STEC O26 strains were shown to possess the identical flagellin subunit-encoding gene (fliC). We observed a striking recent shift of the...
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