Emergence of New ST301 Shiga Toxin-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> Clones Harboring Extra-Intestinal Virulence Traits in Europe

Emergence of New ST301 Shiga Toxin-Producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> Clones Harboring Extra-Intestinal Virulence Traits in Europe

O80:H2 enterohemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (EHEC) of sequence type ST301 is one of the main serotypes causing European hemolytic and uremic syndrome, but also invasive infections, due to extra-intestinal virulence factors (VFs). Here, we determined whether other such heteropathotyp...

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Main Authors: Aurélie Cointe, Etienne Bizot, Sabine Delannoy, Patrick Fach, Philippe Bidet, André Birgy, François-Xavier Weill, Sophie Lefèvre, Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian, Stéphane Bonacorsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
Shiga toxin
enterohemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i>
heteropathotypes
ST301
pS88 plasmid
hemolytic and uremic syndrome
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/13/10/686

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