title: Analysis of collection of hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.
abstract: Multilocus sequence typing of 169 non-O157 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) isolated from patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) demonstrated 29 different sequence types (STs); 78.1% of these strains clustered in 5 STs. From all STs and serotypes identified, we established a reference panel of EHEC associated with HUS (HUSEC collection).
authors.affiliation: Institute for Hygiene and the National Consulting Laboratory on Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Münster, Germany. mellmann@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mellmann
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bielaszewska
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Köck
authors.forename: Alexander W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fruth
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Middendorf
authors.forename: Dag
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Harmsen
authors.forename: M Alexander
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Helge
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karch
mesh_terms: D054324:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny