Isolation and virulence factors of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in human stool samples

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 531-540

  Piérard, Denis ^a   Stevens, Daniel ^a   Moriau, Leo ^a   Lior, Hermy ^b   Lauwers, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; EaeA; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; O157; Shiga toxins; Verocytotoxins; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; YERSINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; YERSINIA;

EID: 0030862350     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00303.x     Document Type: Article

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