TY - JOUR
T1 - Emerging Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotypes in Europe
T2 - O100:H- and O127:H40
AU - Orth, Dorothea
AU - Grif, Katharina
AU - Fisher, Ian
AU - Fruth, Angelika
AU - Tschäpe, Helmut
AU - Scheutz, Flemming
AU - Dierich, Manfred P.
AU - Würzner, Reinhard
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - Novel and as yet rare non-O157 Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotypes are emerging in Europe. Two different sorbitol-fermenting STECs, O100:H- carrying the virulence gene stx2 and O127:H40 carrying stx1 and eae genes (found in two related subjects), were isolated from patients' stool samples. Non-O157 STEC infections in humans are currently under-diagnosed. This report highlights the need for, and importance of, screening for Shiga toxins or serotypes other than just O157.
AB - Novel and as yet rare non-O157 Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) serotypes are emerging in Europe. Two different sorbitol-fermenting STECs, O100:H- carrying the virulence gene stx2 and O127:H40 carrying stx1 and eae genes (found in two related subjects), were isolated from patients' stool samples. Non-O157 STEC infections in humans are currently under-diagnosed. This report highlights the need for, and importance of, screening for Shiga toxins or serotypes other than just O157.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00284-006-0209-0
DO - 10.1007/s00284-006-0209-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 17066335
AN - SCOPUS:33750543952
VL - 53
SP - 428
EP - 429
JO - Current Microbiology
JF - Current Microbiology
SN - 0343-8651
IS - 5
ER -