Article
Virulence factors and phenotypical traits of verotoxigenic strains of Escherichia coli isolated from human patients in Germany.
Medical microbiology and immunology - 1 Feb 1994
Beutin L, Aleksic S, Zimmermann S, Gleier K
Abstract excerpt
Fecal isolates of Escherichia coli which were collected from human patients in different parts of Germany between 1985 and 1992 were examined for production of verotoxins (VT). Among 2165 isolates 54 (2.5%) verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) were found. The 54 VTEC belonged to 13 different serotypes, 46 (85.2%) of these were enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) types as O157:H7, O157:H-, O145:H-, O111:[H8] and O26:[H11]....
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Bacterial Toxins
- Biomarkers
- Child, Preschool
- Cytotoxins
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Bacterial
- Diarrhea
- Enterotoxins
- Escherichia coli
- Female