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  • Open Access
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Emergence of New ST301 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Clones Harboring Extra-Intestinal Virulence Traits in Europe

  • Aurélie Cointe,
  • Etienne Bizot,
  • Sabine Delannoy,
  • Patrick Fach,
  • Philippe Bidet,
  • André Birgy,
  • François-Xavier Weill,
  • Sophie Lefèvre,
  • Patricia Mariani-Kurkdjian and
  • Stéphane Bonacorsi

26 September 2021

O80:H2 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (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 wh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,896 Views
14 Pages

The emerging heteropathotype shigatoxigenic (STEC) and extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) O80:H2 has been the second leading cause of pediatric HUS in France since the mid-2010s. In contrast with other highly pathogenic STEC serotyp...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,884 Views
15 Pages

Characteristics of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Associated with Diarrhea in Children under Five Years in Northwestern Ethiopia

  • Berihun Mossie Mulu,
  • Mequanint Addisu Belete,
  • Tiliksew Bialfew Demlie,
  • Habtamu Tassew and
  • Tesfaye Sisay Tessema

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) are the leading cause of infectious diarrhea and pose a significant global, regional, and national burden of disease. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of six DEC pathotypes in children with diarrhea...