Non-O157:H7 pathogenic shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli: Phenotypic and genetic profiling of virulence traits and evidence for clonality

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-123

  Schmidt, Herbert ^a   Geitz, Caren ^b   Tarr, Phillip I ^b   Frosch, Matthias ^b   Karch, Helge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HEMOLYSIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GERMANY; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIARRHEA; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032906605     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314537     Document Type: Article

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