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Differentiation in virulence patterns of Escherichia coli possessing eae genes.
Medical microbiology and immunology - 1 Feb 1994
Schmidt H, Plaschke B, Franke S, Rüssmann H, Schwarzkopf A, Heesemann J, Karch H
Abstract excerpt
In this study 98 Escherichia coli strains which belonged to traditional enteropathogenic (EPEC) serotypes and 82 enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) strains were screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the presence of E. coli-attaching and -effacing (eae) genes. These strains were also hybridized with the enteropathogenic adherence factor (EAF) probe and examined in the fluorescence actin staining (FAS)...
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