Characterization of a verocytotoxin-producing enteroaggregative Escherichia coli serogroup O111:H21 strain associated with a household outbreak in Northern Ireland

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec;50(12):4116-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02047-12. Epub 2012 Oct 3.

Abstract

A strain of Escherichia coli O111:H21 recently isolated in the United Kingdom harbored the phage-encoded vtx2c gene and the aggregative adherence plasmid. Although exhibiting the same pathogenic profile as the E. coli O104:H4 strain linked to the outbreak in Germany, there were important differences in strain characteristics and in the epidemiological setting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Coliphages / genetics
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Escherichia coli / classification
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Family Characteristics*
  • Family Health*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Northern Ireland / epidemiology
  • Plasmids
  • Prophages / genetics
  • Serotyping
  • Shiga Toxin 2 / genetics
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / classification
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Shiga Toxin 2