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Characterization of an emergent clone of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli circulating in Europe.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Mar 2016
Michelacci V, Prosseda G, Maugliani A, Tozzoli R, Sanchez S, Herrera-León S, Dallman T, Jenkins C, Caprioli A, Morabito S
Abstract excerpt
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) cause intestinal illness indistinguishable from that caused by Shigella, mainly in developing countries. Recently an upsurge of cases of EIEC infections has been observed in Europe, with two large outbreaks occurring in Italy and in the United Kingdom. We have characterized phenotypically and genotypically the strains responsible for these epidemics together with an...
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