Characteristics of EHEC/EAEC, EAEC, and EHEC strains analyzed in the study.

MLST sequence types were assigned or cited according to the MLST database at the University College Cork, Ireland [46]. Abbreviations: Bd = bloody diarrhea, Hc = hemorrhagic colitis, n.d. = not determined, n.a. = not applicable, AMP = ampicillin, CTM = Cefotiam, MEZ = mezlocillin, MSU = mezlocillin/sulbactam, OTE = oxytetracyclin, SMZ = sulfamethoxazol, STR = streptomycin, SXT = trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazol, CAZ = ceftazidim, CTX = cefotaxim, and NAL = nalidixic acid.*-pAA plasmid.