The incidence of E. coli causing hemorrhagic colitis (HC) or non-bloody enteritis in Hungary was studied using SLT-I and SLT-II gene-probes as well as Vero-cell toxicity and Verotox-F tests. Out of 41 E. coli O157 strains isolated in Hungary between 1987 and 1996 15 strains (O157:HNM 4, O157:H77 8, O157:HNT 3) derived from hemorrhagic colitis (HC). Hybridization was observed with SLT-I and/or SLT-II in 19 strains. Verocytotoxin production of E. coli of 23 other serotypes was proven by hybridization of DNA probes. SLT production were demonstrated in 24 strains. Complex typing (sero-, phage-, colicin-typing and plasmid profile analysis) was carried out in E. coli serogroup O157 strains isolated from different geographical areas. Using the Hungarian phages the E. coli O157:HNM, O157-H7 strains could be distributed into 6 phage groups each and these phage groups could be further divided according to colicin production and plasmid profile. The Hungarian phage typing method for E. coli strains used since 1978 was compared to the method elaborated in Canada in 1990. Out of the most frequent Canadian phage types (1, 4, 8, 31, 14) phage types 8, 31 and 14 were observed in Hungary.
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