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SUBMITTER: Bielaszewska M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1233958 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bielaszewska Martina M Zhang Wenlan W Tarr Phillip I PI Sonntag Anne-Katharina AK Karch Helge H
Journal of clinical microbiology 20050801 8
Fifty-eight enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H11 or O26:NM (nonmotile) strains and 44 atypical enteropathogenic E. coli O26:H11 or O26:NM strains isolated from patients in 11 countries during 52 years share a common pool of non-stx virulence genes, fitness loci, and genotypic and phenotypic diagnostic markers. These findings indicate close relatedness between these pathotypes and provide a basis for their clinical laboratory diagnosis. ...[more]