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SUBMITTER: Joainig MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2832427 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Joainig Martina M MM Gorkiewicz Gregor G Leitner Eva E Weberhofer Paul P Zollner-Schwetz Ines I Lippe Irmgard I Feierl Gebhard G Krause Robert R Hinterleitner Thomas T Zechner Ellen L EL Högenauer Christoph C
Journal of clinical microbiology 20100106 3
Antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis (AAHC) is associated with Klebsiella oxytoca. This study analyzed whether cytotoxic properties are linked to specific subtypes of K. oxytoca. Klebsiella isolates from stools of AAHC patients, healthy carriers, and diarrhea patients as well as from infections of other organs were investigated. Cytotoxic effects on human epithelial cells were limited to the species K. oxytoca and were not detectable for any other Klebsiella species. Isolates from AAHC pati ...[more]