Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O157:H- strains that do not produce shiga toxin: Phenotypic and genetic characterization of isolates associated with diarrhea and hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3491-3496

  Schmidt, H ^a   Scheef, J ^a   Huppertz, H I ^a   Frosch, M ^a   Karch, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032882606     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3491-3496.1999     Document Type: Article

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