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Pigeons as a possible reservoir of Shiga toxin 2f-producing Escherichia coli pathogenic to humans.
Berliner und Munchener tierarztliche Wochenschrift - 1 Jan 2000
Sonntag Anne-Katharina, Zenner Elena, Karch Helge, Bielaszewska Martina
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli harboring stx2f which secrete the respective Shiga toxin (Stx) are frequently found in pigeons. In this report we describe the isolation of a stx2f-containing E. coli O128 strain from an 11-month old child with diarrhea and comparison of this strain with stx2f-positive E. coli isolates from droppings of pigeons. The human E. coli O128:NM (nonmotile) isolate had a fliC restriction fragment length...
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