Multilocus sequence typing of Escherichia coli O26:H11 isolates carrying stx in Canada does not identify genetic diversity

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5319-5323

  Gilmour, Matthew W ^a   Cote, Tyler ^a   Munro, Jamie ^a   Chui, Linda ^e   Wylie, John ^b   Isaac Renton, Judith ^c   Horsman, Greg ^d   Tracz, Dobryan M ^a   Andrysiak, Ashleigh ^a   Ng, Lai King ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^d Saskatchewan Health   (Canada)

^e PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STX GENE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CANADA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 26944500181     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5319-5323.2005     Document Type: Article

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