A challenging STEC strain isolation from patients' stools: an O166:H15 STEC strain with the stx2 gene.

Surangi H Thilakarathna Vincent Li Linda Chui

Published in: Microbiology spectrum (2024)

gene. It was particularly challenging to isolate this strain from stools by culture. Consequently, we tested immunomagnetic separation for the STEC recovery, which was a novel approach on clinical stools. Virulence genes were included for the characterization of these isolates.

Keyphrases

genome wide
end stage renal disease
genome wide identification
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
copy number
escherichia coli
pseudomonas aeruginosa
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
genome wide analysis
antimicrobial resistance
gene expression
cystic fibrosis
liquid chromatography