No evidence of the Shiga toxin-producing <it>E. coli </it>O104:H4 outbreak strain or enteroaggregative <it>E. coli </it>(EAEC) found in cattle faeces in northern Germany, the hotspot of the 2011 HUS outbreak area

No evidence of the Shiga toxin-producing <it>E. coli </it>O104:H4 outbreak strain or enteroaggregative <it>E. coli </it>(EAEC) found in cattle faeces in northern Germany, the hotspot of the 2011 HUS outbreak area

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ruminants, in particular bovines, are the primary reservoir of Shiga toxin-producing <it>E. coli </it>(STEC), but whole genome analyses of the current German ESBL-producing O104:H4 outbreak strain of sequence type (ST) 67...

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Main Authors: Wieler Lothar H, Semmler Torsten, Eichhorn Inga, Antao Esther M, Kinnemann Bianca, Geue Lutz, Karch Helge, Guenther Sebastian, Bethe Astrid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
Subjects:
Shiga toxin
<it>E.coli</it>
EAEC
enteroaggregative
O104:H4
HUS
cattle
outbreak
Online Access:http://www.gutpathogens.com/content/3/1/17

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