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Serotypes of verotoxin-producing (Shiga toxin-producing) Escherichia coli isolated from healthy sheep
K A Bettelheim1, J C Bensink, H S Tambunan
1Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Carlton South, Australia. kabsm@jolt.mpx.com.au
Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
|February 5, 2000
Abstract:
Using PCR techniques Shiga toxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli were isolated from the faeces of 45 out of 101 healthy sheep. These strains were serotyped and found to include O5:H-, O91:H- and O163:H19, which had previously been reported as being associated with human disease including haemolytic uraemic syndrome.