TY - JOUR AU - Mellmann, Alexander AU - Fruth, Angelika AU - Friedrich, Alexander W. AU - Wieler, Lothar H. AU - Harmsen, Dag AU - Werber, Dirk AU - Middendorf, Barbara AU - Bielaszewska, Martina AU - Karch, Helge T1 - Phylogeny and Disease Association of Shiga Toxin–producing Escherichia coli O91 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 9 SP - 1474 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The diversity and relatedness of 100 Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli O91 isolates from different patients were examined by multilocus sequence typing. We identified 10 specific sequence types (ST) and 4 distinct clonal groups. ST442 was significantly associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome. KW - Shiga toxin KW - Escherichia coli O91 KW - STEC KW - MLST KW - hemolytic uremic syndrome KW - subtyping KW - disease association KW - bacteria KW - enteric diseases KW - dispatch KW - Germany KW - Austria KW - Finland KW - Canada DO - 10.3201/eid1509.090161 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/9/09-0161_article ER - End of Reference