Serological and biochemical properties of Shiga-like toxin (verocytotoxin)-producing strains of Escherichia coli, other than O-group 157, from patients in Germany.

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During 1987-1990, 62 infections with Shiga-like toxin (Verocytotoxin)-producing E. coli, other than O group 157, were identified. The isolates belonged to 26 serovars within 20 O groups; of them, 10 serovars belonged to 6 O groups of traditional enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). The serovars O2:H5 and O91:H14 were exclusively associated with ulcerative colitis. Eighteen patients (children under 4 years of age)...

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