Article
Characteristics of emerging human-pathogenic Escherichia coli O26:H11 strains isolated in France between 2010 and 2013 and carrying the stx2d gene only.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2015
Delannoy Sabine, Mariani-Kurkdjian Patricia, Bonacorsi Stephane, Liguori Sandrine, Fach Patrick
Abstract excerpt
Strains of Escherichia coli O26:H11 that were positive for stx2 alone (n = 23), which were not epidemiologically related or part of an outbreak, were isolated from pediatric patients in France between 2010 and 2013. We were interested in comparing these strains with the new highly virulent stx2a-positive E. coli O26 clone sequence type 29 (ST29) that has emerged recently in Europe, and we tested them by...
Topics
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Female
- France
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
