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Highly Virulent Non-O157 Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) Serotypes Reflect Similar Phylogenetic Lineages, Providing New Insights into the Evolution of EHEC.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2015
Eichhorn Inga, Heidemanns Katrin, Semmler Torsten, Kinnemann Bianca, Mellmann Alexander, Harmsen Dag, Anjum Muna F, Schmidt Herbert, Fruth Angelika, Valentin-Weigand Peter, Heesemann Jürgen, Suerbaum Sebastian, Karch Helge, Wieler Lothar H
Abstract excerpt
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is the causative agent of bloody diarrhea and extraintestinal sequelae in humans, most importantly hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). Besides the bacteriophage-encoded Shiga toxin gene (stx), EHEC harbors the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE), which confers the ability to cause attaching and effacing lesions. Currently, the...
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