Bovine non-O157 Shiga toxin 2-containing Escherichia coli isolates commonly possess stx2-EDL933 and/or stx2vhb subtypes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2716-2722

  Brett, Kim N ^a,b   Hornitzky, Michael A ^a   Bettelheim, Karl A ^c   Walker, Mark J ^b   Djordjevic, Steven P ^a,d  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STX 2 GENE;

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

EID: 0038519129     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2716-2722.2003     Document Type: Article

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