Volume 4, Number 4—December 1998
Dispatch
Human Infections with Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Other Than Serogroup O157 in Germany
Table 1
STEC serotypes |
No. of STEC strains with properties |
Clinical status |
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O-groupa no. of strains) | H-typesb | Stx1 | Stx2 | Stx1+ Stx2 | eaeA | Entero-hemolytic | Asympto- matic | Non- bloody diarrhea | Bloody diarrhea | HUSc |
O5 (1) | NM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
O18 (1) | H15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1d | 0 | 0 |
O26 (20) | H11, NT, NM | 16 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 2d,e | 0 |
O76 (3) | H19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
O78 (1) | NM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
O84 (1) | NT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1d | 0 | 0 |
O91 (4) | H14, NM | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
O103 (7) | H2, H7, NT | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5d | 1 | 1 |
O111 (3) | NT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
O113 (3) | H32, NT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
O118 (8) | H12, H16 NT | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6d | 1 | 1 |
O128 (5) | H2, NM | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
O145 (6) | H28, NM | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
O146 (5) | H21,H28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1d | 0 |
O163 (1) | H19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ONT (3) | ND | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
O-rough (17) | ND | 13 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
Total (89) | 59 | 11 | 19 | 54 | 82 | 6 | 72 | 7 | 4 |
aONT= O-antigen not typable; O-rough= rough LPS, O-antigen not typable.
bNM= nonmotile; ND= H-antigen not determined; NT= H-antigen not typable.
cHUS= hemolytic uremic syndrome.
dA case of double infection with Salmonella enterica sp.
eA case of a double infection with STEC O26:H11 and O157:H7.
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