Clonal relationships among Escherichia coli serogroup 06 isolates from human and animal infections |
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| Authors: | Abdessatar Cherifi Michel Contrepois Bertrand Picard Philippe Goullet Ida Orskov Fritz Orskov Jean De Rycke |
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| Affiliation: | Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Centre de Recherche de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, France. |
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| Abstract: | The clonal relationship of thirty E. coli strains of 0 antigen serotype 06 isolated from human, dog, pig or cow infections were investigated. Two main clones with serotypes 06 : H1 or 06 : H31, H- were identified. Isolates from humans, dogs, pigs and cows were found in both clones, indicating that animals are a possible source for human extraintestinal Escherichia coli strains. Two human ETEC (06 : H16) and two pig isolates (06 : H10) were not related to the 06 : H1 or 06 : H31, H- E. coli clones. |
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| Keywords: | Serogroup 06 Pathogenic clone Human disease Animal disease Escherichia coli |
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