Relationship between pathogenicity for humans and stx genotype in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotype O157

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-232

  Kawano, K ^a   Okada, M ^a   Haga, T ^b   Maeda, K ^c   Goto, Y ^b  

^a Miyazaki Prefectural Institute for Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; STX2VHA GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 41049117594     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0420-3     Document Type: Article

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