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Mucus-Activatable Shiga Toxin Genotype stx2d in Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2017
Sánchez Sergio, Llorente María Teresa, Herrera-León Laura, Ramiro Raquel, Nebreda Sandra, Remacha María Antonia, Herrera-León Silvia
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We identified the mucus-activatable Shiga toxin genotype stx2d in the most common hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated Escherichia coli serotype, O157:H7. stx2d was detected in a strain isolated from a 2-year-old boy with bloody diarrhea in Spain, and whole-genome sequencing was used to confirm and fully characterize the strain.
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