Article
Shiga toxin 1c-producing Escherichia coli strains: phenotypic and genetic characterization and association with human disease.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2003
Friedrich Alexander W, Borell Julia, Bielaszewska Martina, Fruth Angelika, Tschäpe Helmut, Karch Helge
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of the stx(1c) allele among Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and the virulence characteristics of stx(1c)-harboring STEC are unknown. In this study, we identified stx(1c) in 76 (54.3%) of 140 eae-negative, but in none of 155 eae-positive, human STEC isolates (P...
Topics
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Carrier Proteins
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diarrhea
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Genotype
- Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
- Humans
- Infant
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction