Detection, isolation, and molecular subtyping of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter jejuni associated with a large waterborne outbreak

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 174-180

  Bopp, Dianna J ^a   Sauders, Brian D ^a   Waring, Alfred L ^a   Ackelsberg, Joel ^a   Dumas, Nellie ^a   Braun Howland, Ellen ^a   Dziewulski, David ^a   Wallace, Barbara J ^a   Kelly, Molly ^a   Halse, Tanya ^a   Musser, Kimberlee Aruda ^a   Smith, Perry F ^a   Morse, Dale L ^a   Limberger, Ronald J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPTIC TANK; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 12244284902     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.174-180.2003     Document Type: Article

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