Short report: Emergence of Shiga toxin 1 genes within Shigella dysenteriae type 4 isolates from travelers returning from the Island of Hispañola

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1163-1165

  Gupta, Sundeep K ^a   Strockbine, Nancy ^a   Omondi, Michael ^a   Hise, Kelley ^a   Fair, Mary Ann ^a   Mintz, Eric ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; VEROTOXIN 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; GENE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHIGA TOXIN 1 GENE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SPAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; CHEMISTRY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GENETICS; HAITI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHIGELLOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; TRAVEL;

EID: 34548032848     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.1163     Document Type: Article

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