Escherichia coli harboring Shiga toxin 2 gene variants: frequency and association with clinical symptoms.

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Escherichia coli harboring Shiga toxin 2 gene variants: frequency and association with clinical symptoms.

The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2002

Friedrich Alexander W, Bielaszewska Martina, Zhang Wen-Lan, Pulz Matthias, Kuczius Thorsten, Ammon Andrea, Karch Helge

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Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from patients with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), patients with diarrhea without HUS, or asymptomatic subjects were genotyped to assess associations between stx2 variants and clinical manifestations of infection. Neither stx2d nor stx2e was found in 268 STEC isolates from patients with HUS. Of 262 STEC isolates from patients with diarrhea, stx(2d) was found in...

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PMID: 11756984
DOI: 10.1086/338115

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