Genetic profiling of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains in relation to clonality and clinical signs of infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 959-964

  Welinder Olsson, Christina ^a   Badenfors, Maria ^a   Cheasty, Tom ^a   Kjellin, Eva ^a   Kaijser, Bertil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; INTIMIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; VEROTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CHILD; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME RELEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMIDS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036196506     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.959-954.2002     Document Type: Article

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