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Table 5 Serotypes of typical EPEC Cluster 1 strains

From: Virulence gene profiling of enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) and enteropathogenic (EPEC) Escherichia coli strains: a basis for molecular risk assessment of typical and atypical EPEC strains

Serotypea

No. strains

%

O55:H6

5

10.9

O66:H8

1

2.2

O111:[H2]

17

37.0

O111:H25

2

4.3

O114:H2b

11

23.9

O119:H2c

4

8.7

O126:H27

1

2.2

O127:H6

1

2.2

O142:[H6]

3

6.5

Orough:[H8]

1

2.2

total

46

100.0

  1. a) All strains were isolated from human faeces. In bold: serotypes previously associated with Stx-production [3]. H-type in [brackets] indicates presence of non-motile strains that were investigated for their fliC genotype [44].
  2. b) two O114:H2 strains were positive for the EHEC virulence plasmid associated etpD gene.
  3. c) EPEC O119:H2 were previously reported as atypical EPEC reacting with bfpA probe [5]. One each of the O119:H2 strains was positive for EHEC virulence plasmid associated genes espP and etpD
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BMC Microbiology

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