Comprehensive characterization of Escherichia coli O104:H4 isolated from patients in the Netherlands

In 2011, a Shiga toxin-producing Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC Stx2a+) O104:H4 strain caused a serious outbreak of acute gastroenteritis and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) in Germany. In 2013 E. coli O104:H4 isolates were obtained from a patient with HUS and her friend showing only gastr...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Mithila eFerdous, Kai eZhou, Richard F de Boer, Alexander W. Friedrich, Anna M.D. Kooistra-Smid, John W Rossen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01
Subjects:	antimicrobial resistance phylogenetic analysis Hemolytic uremic syndrome outbreak whole genome sequencing Shiga toxin-producing E. coli –STEC
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01348/full