title: Presence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli ST678/O104:H4 in France prior to 2011.
abstract: Two isolates of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O104:H4 were isolated in France in 2004 and 2009. Both were characterized and compared to the strain which caused the German outbreak in 2011 and to other O104:H4 strains. This suggests that different O104:H4 EHEC strains were present several years prior to the 2011 outbreak.
authors: Alere Technologies GmbH, Jena, Germany. monecke@rocketmail.com
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Monecke
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Mariani-Kurkdjian
authors: Edouard
authors: E
authors: Bingen
authors: François-Xavier
authors: FX
authors: Weill
authors: Charlotte
authors: C
authors: Balière
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Slickers
authors: Ralf
authors: R
authors: Ehricht
mesh_terms: D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D054324:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012703:Serotyping