Molecular analysis of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli isolates in Japan and its application to epidemiological investigation

Pediatrics International

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-208

  Watanabe, Haruo ^a   Terajima, Jun ^a   Izumiya, Hidemasa ^a   Wada, Akihito ^a   Tamura, Kazumichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD POISONING; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033039324     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.1999.4121043.x     Document Type: Review

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