Escherichia coli O104 Associated with Human Diarrhea, South Africa, 2004–2011
- Nomsa P. Tau
- Parastu Meidany
- Anthony M. Smith
- Arvinda Sooka
- Karen H. Keddy
Publication date
August 2012
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
To determine the origin of >4,000 suspected diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains isolated during 2004–2011 in South Africa, we identified 7 isolates as serotype O104; 5 as enteroaggregative E. coli O104:H4, and 2 as enteropathogenic E. coli O104:non-H4. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that these isolates were unrelated to the 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak strain from Germany
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