Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated in Italy and in France

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4619-4624

  Giammanco, Giovanni M ^a   Pignato, Sarina ^b   Grimont, Francine ^d   Grimont, Patrick A D ^d   Caprioli, Alfredo ^c   Morabito, Stefano ^c   Giammanco, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; ISOPROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; MECILLINAM; NALIDIXIC ACID; PROTEIN EAE; PROTEIN HLYA; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD; FRANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; ITALY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FRANCE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; ITALY; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036900233     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4619-4624.2002     Document Type: Article

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