Sorbitol-fermenting shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H- strains: Epidemiology, phenotypic and molecular characteristics, and microbiological diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2043-2049

  Karch, H ^a   Bielaszewska, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; SORBITOL;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVOLUTION; FERMENTATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SHIGA TOXINS; SORBITOL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035008965     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2043-2049.2001     Document Type: Short Survey

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