Genomic comparisons and Shiga toxin production among Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates from a day care center outbreak and sporadic cases in Southeastern Wisconsin

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 727-733

  Gouveia, S ^a,d   Proctor, M E ^c   Lee, M S ^a   Luchansky, J B ^a,b   Kaspar, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0031941328     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.727-733.1998     Document Type: Article

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