Environmental isolates of Citrobacter braakii that agglutinate with Escherichia coli O157 antiserum but do not possess the genes responsible for the biosynthesis of O157 somatic antigen

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-186

  Khan, A ^a   Nandi, R K ^a   Das, S C ^b   Ramamurthy, T ^a   Khanam, J ^c   Shimizu, T ^d   Yamasaki, S ^e   Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Chaicumpa, W ^f   Takeda, Y ^g   Balakrish Nair, G ^a,h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e Osaka City University   (Japan)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^g JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE K; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER BRAAKII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; IMMUNODETECTION; INDIA; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION; CITROBACTER; CROSS REACTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; IMMUNE SERA; O ANTIGENS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0037396849     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802008117     Document Type: Article

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