Virulence profiling and disease association of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 and non-O157 isolates in BelgiumVirulence profiling and disease association of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 and non-O157 isolates in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Whereas the association of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) O157:H7 with the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is well established, the medical importance of many non-O157 serotypes remains unclear. Using PCR we have investigated the distribution of the pathogenicity island O island 122 (OI-122) and other virulence genes in VTEC belonging to seropathotypes (SPT) A to D and assessed their association with human disease. Two hundred ...