Phenotypic and Genotypic Analyses of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O145 Strains from Patients in Germany

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 954-962

  Sonntag, Anne Katharina ^a   Prager, Rita ^b   Bielaszewska, Martina ^a   Zhang, Wenlan ^a   Fruth, Angelika ^b   Tschäpe, Helmut ^b   Karch, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIARRHEA; EAE GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O145; FLIC GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542618440     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.954-962.2004     Document Type: Article

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