Table 4. Phylogeny of EHEC isolated from HUS patients in the Czech Republic determined by MLST.
Serotype | Total no.of strains | ST (no. of strains) | CC |
O157:H7/NM (NSF) | 5 | 11 (4)1595 (1) | 1111 |
O157:NM (SF) | 5 | 11 (5) | 11 |
O55:NM | 2 | 335 (2) | 11 |
O26:H11/NM | 16 | 21 (8) 29a (8) | 2929 |
O111:NM | 6 | 16 (6) | 29 |
O145:H28 | 2 | 32 (1)137 (1) | 3232 |
O172:NM | 1 | 660 | n.a. |
Orough:NM | 2 | 660 (2) | n.a. |
ST, sequence type; CC, clonal complex; n.a., not assigned.
ST29 strains belong to the new EHEC O26 clone [7].