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Relationship between pathogenicity for humans and stx genotype in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O157.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Mar 2008
Kawano K, Okada M, Haga T, Maeda K, Goto Y
Abstract excerpt
To examine the reason why people infected with Shiga toxin (Stx) producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 strains develop varying clinical manifestations, 65 STEC O157 isolates originating from 64 different occurrences of infection in Miyazaki Prefecture in 2001-2003 and their 79 infected individuals were analyzed by stx genotyping, quantitative analysis of reversed passive latex agglutination (RPLA), genomic DNA...
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