Characterisation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 strains isolated from humans in Argentina, Australia and New Zealand

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Leotta, Gerardo A ^a,b   Miliwebsky, Elizabeth S ^a   Chinen, Isabel ^a   Espinosa, Estela M ^a   Azzopardi, Kristy ^c,d   Tennant, Sharon M ^c,d   Robins Browne, Roy M ^c,d   Rivas, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EAEA PROTEIN, E COLI; ENTEROHEMOLYSIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RFB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROTYPING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN 1; SHIGA TOXIN 2;

EID: 41549087058     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-46     Document Type: Article

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