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STEC-EPEC oligonucleotide microarray: a new tool for typing genetic variants of the LEE pathogenicity island of human and animal Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) strains.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Feb 2006
Garrido Patricia, Blanco Miguel, Moreno-Paz Mercedes, Briones Carlos, Dahbi Ghizlane, Blanco Jesús, Blanco Jorge, Parro Víctor
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BACKGROUND: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) are important emerging pathogens that can cause a severe and sometimes fatal illness. Differentiation of eae, tir, espA, espD, and espB gene variants of the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity island represents an important tool for typing in routine diagnostics as well as in pathogenesis, epidemiologic,...
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