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Genetic characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26:H11 strains isolated from animal, food, and clinical samples.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2015
Krüger Alejandra, Lucchesi Paula M A, Sanso A Mariel, Etcheverría Analía I, Bustamante Ana V, Burgán Julia, Fernández Luciana, Fernández Daniel, Leotta Gerardo, Friedrich Alexander W, Padola Nora L, Rossen John W A
Abstract excerpt
The Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) may cause serious illness in human. Here we analyze O26:H11 strains known to be among the most reported STEC strains causing human infections. Genetic characterization of strains isolated from animal, food, and clinical specimens in Argentina showed that most carried either stx 1a or stx 2a subtypes. Interestingly, stx 2a-positive O26:H11 rarely isolated from...
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