title: Molecular profiling and phenotype analysis of Escherichia coli O26:H11 and O26:NM: secular and geographic consistency of enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic isolates.
abstract: Fifty-eight enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26:H11 or O26:NM (nonmotile) strains and 44 atypical enteropathogenic E. coli O26:H11 or O26:NM strains isolated from patients in 11 countries during 52 years share a common pool of non-stx virulence genes, fitness loci, and genotypic and phenotypic diagnostic markers. These findings indicate close relatedness between these pathotypes and provide a basis for their clinical laboratory diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Hygiene and the National Consulting Laboratory on Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, University Hospital Münster, Robert Koch Str. 41, 48149 Münster, Germany. mbiela@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bielaszewska
authors.forename: Wenlan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Phillip I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Tarr
authors.forename: Anne-Katharina
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sonntag
authors.forename: Helge
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karch
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D014774:Virulence