Genetic analysis for virulence factors in Escherichia coli O104:H21 that was implicated in an outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-28

  Feng, P ^a   Weagant, S D ^a   Monday, S R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTIMIN; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLITIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MONTANA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035161901     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.1.24-28.2001     Document Type: Article

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