Abstract
Forty-seven non-epidemic Escherichia coli O157 : H7 isolates causing haemolytic uraemic syndrome in France were characterized. The isolates clustered into 36 clones using PFGE typing. All the isolates harboured eae and one or more copies of stx2 and belonged to phylogenetic group D. Nine per cent were resistant to amoxicillin.
MeSH terms
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Adhesins, Bacterial / genetics
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Adult
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Amoxicillin / pharmacology
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
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Child
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Cluster Analysis
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DNA Fingerprinting
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DNA, Bacterial / analysis
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Drug Resistance, Bacterial
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
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Escherichia coli O157 / drug effects
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Escherichia coli O157 / genetics
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Escherichia coli O157 / isolation & purification*
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Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
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Feces / microbiology
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France
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Genes, Bacterial
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Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology*
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Humans
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Phylogeny
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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
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Shiga Toxin 2 / genetics
Substances
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Adhesins, Bacterial
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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DNA, Bacterial
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Escherichia coli Proteins
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Shiga Toxin 2
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eaeA protein, E coli
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Amoxicillin