O157:H7 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains associated with sporadic cases of diarrhea in São Paulo, Brazil [2]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 446-447

  Irino, Kinue ^a   Ibelli Vaz, Tânia M ^a   Kato, Maria A M F ^a   Naves, Zita V F ^b   Lara, Raquel Russo ^b   Marco, Maria Elza Carvalho ^b   Rocha, Marilu M M ^a   Moreira, Tânia P ^a   Gomes, Tânia A T ^c   Guth, Beatriz E C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório de Análises Clínicas Dr João Antônio Vozza ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; VERO CELL;

EID: 0036232872     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0804.010490     Document Type: Letter

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9. Prevalence of Shiga toxin and intimin gene sequences among Escherichia coli of serogroups O26, O55, O111, O119 and O157 isolated in São Paulo, Brazil