Distribution of the saa gene in strains of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli of human and bovine origins

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1775-1778

  Jenkins, Claire ^a,b   Perry, Neil T ^a   Cheasty, Tom ^a   Shaw, Darren J ^c   Frankel, Gad ^b   Dougan, Gordon ^b   Gunn, George J ^d   Smith, Henry R ^a   Paton, Adrienne W ^e   Paton, James C ^e  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAA GENE; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI AUTOAGGLUTINATING ADHESIN GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; SHIGA TOXINS;

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

EID: 12444268268     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1775-1778.2003     Document Type: Article

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