Inability to decarboxylate lysine as a presumptive marker to identify shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains of serogroup o111 [2]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3450-

  Guth, Beatriz E C ^a   Gomes, Tânia A T ^a   Vaz, Tânia M I ^b   Irino, Kinue ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCINNAMIC ACID; LYSINE; SHIGA TOXIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DECARBOXYLATION; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; LABORATORY; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DECARBOXYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYSINE; PHENYLPROPIONATES; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037480702     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3450.2003     Document Type: Letter

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