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Genetic diversity and virulence potential of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O113:H21 strains isolated from clinical, environmental, and food sources.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2014
Feng Peter C H, Delannoy Sabine, Lacher David W, Dos Santos Luis Fernando, Beutin Lothar, Fach Patrick, Rivas Marta, Hartland Elizabeth L, Paton Adrienne W, Guth Beatriz E C
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains of serotype O113:H21 have caused severe human diseases, but they are unusual in that they do not produce adherence factors coded by the locus of enterocyte effacement. Here, a PCR microarray was used to characterize 65 O113:H21 strains isolated from the environment, food, and clinical infections from various countries. In comparison to the pathogenic strains that...
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