Phage typing of Vero cytotoxin-producingEscherichia coliO 157 isolated in the United Kingdom: 1989–91
- 1 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 110 (3), 469-475
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268800050895
Abstract
SUMMARY: Between 1989 and 1991 a total of 1092 Vero cytotoxin-producingEscherichia coliO 157 isolated in the United Kingdom were phage typed in the Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens (LEP). Twenty-three phage types was identified, the most frequent being types 2 (36·1%), 49 (29·6%), 1 (10·3%) and 4 (8·9%). Although isolations of O 157 VTEC have increased each year from 1 in 1982 to 532 in 1991, the predominant phage types have remained unchanged although the proportion of strains belonging to types 2 and 49 has increased. O 157 VTEC from 17 outbreaks were phage typed during this period with phage type 49 predominating (7 of 17 outbreaks).Keywords
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