Escherichia Coli O104:H4 Infections and International Travel

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2012 Mar 2

PMID 22377016

Citations 9

Authors

David C Alexander

Weilong Hao

Matthew W Gilmour

Sandra Zittermann

Alicia Sarabia

Roberto G Melano

Analyn Peralta

Marina Lombos

Keisha Warren

Yuri Amatnieks

Evangeline Virey

Jennifer H Ma

Frances B Jamieson

Donald E Low

Vanessa G Allen

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Abstract

We analyzed travel-associated clinical isolates of Escherichia coli O104:H4, including 1 from the 2011 German outbreak and 1 from a patient who returned from the Philippines in 2010, by genome sequencing and optical mapping. Despite extensive genomic similarity between these strains, key differences included the distribution of toxin and antimicrobial drug-resistance determinants.

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