ArticleEpidemiology and infection2013
Genetic characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157, O26, O103, O111 and O145 isolates from humans, food, and cattle in Belgium.
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- The Accessory Genome of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Defines a Persistent Colonization Type in Cattle.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2016Article
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- Genetic Diversity and Pathogenic Potential of Attaching and Effacing Escherichia coli O26:H11 Strains Recovered from Bovine Feces in the United States.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2015Article
- Genome sequencing and comparative genomics provides insights on the evolutionary dynamics and pathogenic potential of different H-serotypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104.BMC microbiology · 2015Article
- Prevalence of carriage of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotypes O157:H7, O26:H11, O103:H2, O111:H8, and O145:H28 among slaughtered adult cattle in France.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2015Article
- Characteristics of emerging human-pathogenic Escherichia coli O26:H11 strains isolated in France between 2010 and 2013 and carrying the stx2d gene only.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2015Article
- Enteric pathogen survival varies substantially in irrigation water from Belgian lettuce producers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
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- Life on the outside: role of biofilms in environmental persistence of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli.Frontiers in microbiology · 2014Review
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Abstract
In this study, we characterized 272 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) isolates from humans, food, and cattle in Belgium [O157 (n = 205), O26 (n = 31), O103 (n = 15), O111 (n = 10), O145 (n = 11)] for their virulence profile, whole genome variations and relationships on different genetic levels. Isolates of O157 displayed a wide variation of stx genotypes, heterogeneously distributed among pulsogroups (80% similarity), but with a concordance at the pulsosubgroup level (90% similarity). Of all serogroups evaluated, the presence of eae was conserved, whereas genes encoded on the large plasmid (ehx, espP, katP) occurred in variable combinations in O26, O103, and O145. The odds of having haemolytic uraemic syndrome was less for all genotypes stx2a, stx2c, stx1/stx2c, and stx1 compared to genotype stx2a/stx2c; and for patients aged >5 years compared to patients aged ≤ 5 years. Based on the genetic typing and by using epidemiological data, we could confirm outbreak isolates and suggest epidemiological relationships between some sporadic cases. Undistinguishable pulsotypes or clones with minor genotypic variations were found in humans, food, and cattle in different years, which demonstrated the important role of cattle as a reservoir of STEC O157, and the circulation and persistence of pathogenic clones.
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