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Clonal diversity of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O103:H2/H(-) in Germany.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2002
Prager Rita, Liesegang Almut, Voigt W, Rabsch W, Fruth Angelika, Tschäpe H
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli O103:H2/H(-) belong to the third most frequently isolated EHEC serotypes in Germany following isolates of O157:H7/H(-) and O26:H11/H(-). A total of 145 respective E. coli 103 isolates from single cases of diarrhoea and haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in 1997-2000 were characterised by a range of molecular subtyping methods (PFGE, P-gene profiling, ribotyping, electrotyping)...
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