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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2000, p. 1632-1635, Vol. 38, No. 4
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Characterization of a Recurrent Clonal Type of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Causing Major Outbreaks of Infection in Scotland

Lesley J. Allison,1 Philip E. Carter,1 and Fiona M. Thomson-Carter2,*

Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD,1 and Scottish National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter and Escherichia coli O157, Grampian University Hospitals Trust, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN,2 Scotland

Received 20 October 1999/Returned for modification 22 January 2000/Accepted 29 January 2000

A particular recurrent clonal type of Escherichia coli O157 has been isolated from multiple clinical, veterinary, food, and environmental sources throughout Scotland since 1989. Significant genotypic variation was detected among isolates from distinct outbreaks, with the presence or absence of single fragments being sufficient to delineate outbreak groups within the clonal type.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN, Scotland. Phone: 44 1224 553819. Fax: 44 1224 840632. E-mail: mmb049{at}abdn.ac.uk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2000, p. 1632-1635, Vol. 38, No. 4
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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