Virulence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Orally-Infected Mice Correlates with the Type of Toxin Produced by the Infecting Strain

Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Melton Celsa, Angela R ^a   Rogers, James E ^a   Schmitt, Clare K ^a   Darnell, Stephen C ^a   O'Brien, Alison D ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MOUSE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MICE; SHIGA TOXINS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032407577     PISSN: 00215112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.51.Supplement1_S108     Document Type: Article

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