Characterisation of Escherichia coli O157 isolates from Danish cattle and human patients by genotyping and presence and variants of virulence genes

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-273

  Nielsen, Eva Møller ^a   Scheutz, Flemming ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle bacteria; Escherichia coli O157; PCR; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Verocytotoxin; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CATALASE; H7 ANTIGEN; HEMOLYSIN; INTIMIN; PEROXIDASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DENMARK; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; VIRULENCE;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037009221     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(02)00107-4     Document Type: Article

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