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Phylogeny and Disease Association of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli O91

Journal

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 15, Issue 9, Pages 1474-1477

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1509.090161

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  1. Federal Ministry of Education and Research Network Zoonoses [01KI07124, 01KI07120, 01KI07127, 1368-763]
  2. National Reference Laboratory Network of the Robert Koch Institute

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The diversity and relatedness of 100 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O91 isolates from different patients were examined by multilocus sequence typing. We identified 10 specific sequence types (ST) and 4 distinct clonal groups. ST442 was significantly associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome.

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