Table 3.
Distribution of STEC O157 strains isolated from humans with haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), bloody diarrhoea (BD), non-bloody diarrhoea (NBD) or other non-specified conditions (NS) according to stx genotype.
| No. (%) of strains from patients with : | ||||
| stx genotype | HUS | BD | NBD | NS |
| stx1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (20) | 0 |
| stx2 | 12 (33) | 6 (30) | 3 (30) | 1 (14) |
| stx2c (vh-a) | 0 | 2 (10) | 1 (10) | 0 |
| stx1/stx2 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 5 (71) |
| stx1/stx2c (vh-a) | 1 (3) | 2 (10) | 1 (10) | 0 |
| stx1/stx2-UT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (14) |
| stx2/stx2c (vh-a) | 22 (61) | 10 (50) | 3 (30) | 0 |
| Total | 36 (100) | 20 (100) | 10 (100) | 7 (100) |