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Genotyping Escherichia coli O157:H7 for its ability to cause disease in humans.
Current protocols in microbiology - 1 Aug 2009
Bono James L
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Escherichia coli are ubiquitous in the world, and for the most part are non-pathogenic and part of the normal lower gastrointestinal tract in mammals. However, some pathogenic isolates can cause severe disease that range from meningitis to hemorrhagic colitis (HC). In recent years, Shiga toxin-containing E. coli (STEC) have been a major cause of food borne and environmental cases of HC and hemolytic uremic...
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