First isolation outside europe of sorbitol-fermenting verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) belonging to O group O157

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 713-714

  Bettelheim, Karl A ^a   Whipp, Margaret ^a   Djordjevic, Steven P ^a   Ramachandran, Vidiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORBITOL; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EUROPE; FERMENTATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036074263     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-8-713     Document Type: Letter

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