Isolation of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain producing Shiga toxin 1 but not Shiga toxin 2 from a patient with hemolytic uremic syndrome in Korea

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-48

  Kim, Yung Bu ^a,b   Okuda, Jun ^b   Matsumoto, Chiho ^b   Morigaki, Tadaaki ^c   Asai, Norio ^c   Watanabe, Haruo ^d   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kyoto Pref Inst Hygienic E   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MALAYSIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031664059     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00309-7     Document Type: Article

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