First isolation of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli O104:H4 from a diarrhea case in Argentina

We describe the first isolation of an enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) O104:H4 strain associated with an acute diarrhea case in Argentina. Two multiplex PCRs (mPCR) were performed as screening of genes mPCR1 (eae, lt, and st) and mPCR2 (IpaH, aggR, stx1 and stx2). A mPCR to detect the rfbO1...

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Main Authors: Claudia C Carbonari, Natalia Deza, Mario Flores, Alejandra Gasparini, Eduardo Manfredi, Marta Rivas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2014-12-01
Series:Revista Argentina de Microbiología
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0325-75412014000500004&lng=en&tlng=en