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Molecular and phenotypic profiling of sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157:H- human isolates from Finland.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2006
Eklund M, Bielaszewska M, Nakari U-M, Karch H, Siitonen A
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated the occurrence of virulence-associated genes, including stx1, stx2, stx2c, stx2d, stx2e, eae and its subtypes (alpha, beta, gamma, epsilon), efa1, cdt-V cluster, enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)-hlyA, katP, espP, etpD, sfpA and the flagellar fliC gene, in nine sorbitol-fermenting (SF), beta-glucuronidase-positive E. coli O157:H- (non-motile) isolates obtained from humans in...
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