Characterisation of Escherichia coli O157 strains from humans, cattle and pigs in the North-West Province, South Africa

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-188

  Ateba, Collins Njie ^a   Bezuidenhout, Cornelius Carlos ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiotic inhibition zone diameter (IZD); E. coli O157; eae genes; hlyA genes; Multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR); Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; RNA 16S; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAE GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HLYA GENE; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SHIGA TOXINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 55749083542     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.08.011     Document Type: Review

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