Evidence of transmission of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O111 from a cattle stable to a child

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 767-770

  Moller Nielsen E ^a   Jensen, C ^a   Lau Baggesen, D ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Escherichia coli; Infection; Serotype O111; Verocytotoxigenic; VTEC

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23844548511     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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