Detection and characterization of verotoxin-producing strains among sorbitol non-fermenting Escherichia coli;Détection et caractérisation de souches produisant des vérotoxines parmi les Escherichia coli ne fermentant pas le sorbitol

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 756-762

  Jafari, A ^a   Katouli, M ^b   Shokouhi, F ^a   Bouzari, S ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; F FACTOR; SORBITOL;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CELL ADHESION ASSAY; CHILD; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NON-FERMENTING BACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

AGAR; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIA; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; F FACTOR; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; IRAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; SORBITOL;

EID: 4944254509     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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