Analysis of collection of hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Alexander Mellmann; Martina Bielaszewska; Robin Köck; Alexander W Friedrich; Angelika Fruth; Barbara Middendorf; Dag Harmsen; M Alexander Schmidt; Helge Karch

doi:10.3201/eid1408.071082

Analysis of collection of hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug;14(8):1287-90. doi: 10.3201/eid1408.071082.

Authors

Alexander Mellmann¹, Martina Bielaszewska, Robin Köck, Alexander W Friedrich, Angelika Fruth, Barbara Middendorf, Dag Harmsen, M Alexander Schmidt, Helge Karch

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Hygiene and the National Consulting Laboratory on Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Münster, Germany. mellmann@uni-muenster.de

Abstract

Multilocus sequence typing of 169 non-O157 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) isolated from patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) demonstrated 29 different sequence types (STs); 78.1% of these strains clustered in 5 STs. From all STs and serotypes identified, we established a reference panel of EHEC associated with HUS (HUSEC collection).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / classification
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / genetics*
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / microbiology*
Humans
Phylogeny