Properties of strains of Escherichia coli belonging to serogroup O 157 with special reference to production of Vero cytotoxins VTl and VT2

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 613-624

  Scotland, S M ^a   Willshaw, G A ^a   Smith, H R ^a   Rowe, B ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEROTYPING; SWINE;

CYTOTOXINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PLASMIDS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0023546211     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800066462     Document Type: Article

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