Clinical significance of Escherichia albertii.

ABSTRACT: Discriminating Escherichia albertii from other Enterobacteriaceae is difficult. Systematic analyses showed that E. albertii represents a substantial portion of strains currently identified as eae-positive Escherichia coli and includes Shiga toxin 2f-producing strains. Because E. albertii possesses the eae gene, many strains might have been misidentified as enterohemorrhagic or enteropathogenic E. coli.

SUBMITTER: Ooka T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3309589 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature