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Clonal diversity of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7/H- in Germany--a ten-year study.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Jul 2000
Liesegang A, Sachse U, Prager R, Claus H, Steinrück H, Aleksic S, Rabsch W, Voigt W, Fruth A, Karch H, Bockemühl J, Tschäpe H
Abstract excerpt
Two hundred and ten E. coli O157:H7/H- strains isolated from single cases and outbreaks of diarrhoea and haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) in Germany between 1988 and 1998 were characterised by a range of molecular subtyping methods and phage typing in order to analyse their clonal nature. A high clonal heterogeneity, together with a considerable clonal stability, has been identified among the bacterial isolates...
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