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Alexander W Friedrich1, Shan Lu, Martina Bielaszewska, Rita Prager, Phillip Bruns, Jian-Guo Xu, Helmut Tschäpe, Helge Karch.
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We identified the cytolethal distending toxin V (CDT-V) gene cluster in 19 (4.9%) of 391 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7. cdt-V+ strains belonged to five phage types (PTs) and were most frequent within PTs 14 and 34. CDT-V was expressed in all but two cdt-V+ strains and was lethal to cultured endothelial cells. Subtyping schemes should include cdt-V as a marker to differentiate E. coli O157:H7 even within the same phage type.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16672418 PMCID: PMC1479162 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1844-1846.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948