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Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from human patients in Germany over a 3-year period.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2004
Beutin Lothar, Krause Gladys, Zimmermann Sonja, Kaulfuss Stefan, Gleier Kerstin
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated 677 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from humans to determine their serotypes, virulence genes, and clinical signs in patients. Six different Shiga toxin types (1, 1c, 2, 2c, 2d, and 2e) were distributed in the STEC strains. Intimin (eae) genes were present in 62.6% of the strains and subtyped into intimins alpha1, beta1, gamma1, epsilon, theta, and eta. Shiga toxin types...
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