Genotyping of Shiga-like toxin genes in non-O157 Escherichia coli strains associated with haemolytic uraemic syndrome Rüssmann, H. and Kothe, E. and Schmidt, H. and Franke, S. and Harmsen, D. and Caprioli, A. and Karch, H.,, 42, 404-410 (1995), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-42-6-404, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 0022-2615, abstract= Surmmary The pheno- and genotypes of Shiga-like toxins (SLTs) in non-O157 Escherichia coli strains from patients with haemolytic uraemic syndrome were determined. The clinical isolates investigated were from Italy and Germany and belonged to serotypes O22:H8, O26:H−, O26:H11, O91:H−, O111:H− and O128:H−; one isolate was non-typable. SLT genotypes were analysed by complete nucleotide sequence analysis of the B-subunit genes. The results showed that 14 strains possessed slt-I alone, two contained slt-II alone and five isolates harboured both slt-I and slt-II genes. In only two strains were slt-II-related genes found, together with either slt-I or slt-II. These findings indicate that variants of SLT-II are rarely found in non-O157 E. coli isolates from patients with haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with Taq cycle sequencing was found to be a suitable method for classification of slt genotypes., language=, type=