title: Molecular characterization of human clinical isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica bioserotype 1B/O8 in Poland: emergence and dissemination of three highly related clones.
abstract: Thirty-three clinical isolates of the highly pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica bioserotype 1B/O8 were collected from sporadic cases in Poland from January 2004 to July 2008. The isolates carried major virulence markers and were strongly clonal. This is the first report of the emergence and dissemination of highly related clones of Y. enterocolitica 1B/O8 in Europe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Chocimska 24, 00-791 Warsaw, Poland. rgierczynski@pzh.gov.pl.
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gierczyñski
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szych
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rastawicki
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wardak
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jagielski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D037521:Virulence Factors