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Clinical significance of Escherichia albertii.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2012
Ooka Tadasuke, Seto Kazuko, Kawano Kimiko, Kobayashi Hideki, Etoh Yoshiki, Ichihara Sachiko, Kaneko Akiko, Isobe Junko, Yamaguchi Keiji, Horikawa Kazumi, Gomes Tânia A T, Linden Annick, Bardiau Marjorie, Mainil Jacques G, Beutin Lothar, Ogura Yoshitoshi, Hayashi Tetsuya
Abstract excerpt
Discriminating Escherichia albertii from other Enterobacteriaceae is difficult. Systematic analyses showed that E. albertii represents a substantial portion of strains currently identified as eae-positive Escherichia coli and includes Shiga toxin 2f-producing strains. Because E. albertii possesses the eae gene, many strains might have been misidentified as enterohemorrhagic or enteropathogenic E. coli.
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