Antimicrobial resistance, virulence factors and phylogenetic profiles of in the eastern coast of Shenzhen.

() is a major food-borne pathogen which causes human gastroenteritis. Since the characteristics of remain unknown, 220 isolates selected from clinical and environmental samples in Dapeng of Shenzhen were tested for the presence of two hemolysin-expressing genes and . Among 27 clinical isolates, 26 carrired the gene, and the other one carried both and genes, however neither genes were detected in environmental isolates.