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Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from children in São Paulo, Brazil.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Dec 2002
Guth Beatriz E C, Ramos Sônia R T S, Cerqueira Aloysio M F, Andrade João R C, Gomes Tânia A T
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The biochemical and serological characteristics, virulence properties, and genetic relatedness of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains isolated in S o Paulo, from April 1989 through March 1990, were determined. This is also the first report on clinic findings of human STEC infections in Brazil. The only three STEC strains identified in that period were lysine decarboxylase negative, belonged to...
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