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Structural and functional differences between disease-associated genes of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O111.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Feb 2007
Zhang Wenlan, Mellmann Alexander, Sonntag Anne-K, Wieler Lothar, Bielaszewska Martina, Tschäpe Helmut, Karch Helge, Friedrich Alexander W
Abstract excerpt
We analysed 72 clinical isolates of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O111 from patients with diarrhoea or haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) isolated during the period from 1955 to 2005 and identified six motile strains (flagellar antigens 8, 10 and 11); the remaining 66 (92%) were nonmotile (NM) and could not be typed by conventional H serotyping. To improve subtyping methodologies, we determined...
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