Enteroaggregative, shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O111:H2 associated with an outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome

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作者
Morabito, S
Karch, H
Mariani-Kurkdjian, P
Schmidt, H
Minelli, F
Bingen, E
Caprioli, A
机构
[1] Ist Super Sanita, Lab Med Vet, I-00161 Rome, Italy
[2] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Hyg & Mikrobiol, Wurzburg, Germany
[3] Hop Robert Debre, Microbiol Serv, F-75019 Paris, France
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10.1128/JCM.36.3.840-842.1998
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O111:H2 strains from an outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome showed aggregative adhesion to HEp-2 cells and harbored large plasmids which hybridized with the enteroaggregative E. coli probe PCVD432. These strains present a novel combination of virulence factors and might be as pathogenic to humans as the classic enterohemorrhagic E. coli.
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