Prevalence of the operon encoding subtilase cytotoxin in non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from humans in the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3058-3059

  Wolfson, Jennifer J ^a   Jandhyala, Dakshina M ^a   Gorczyca, Lynn A ^a   Qadeer, Zulekha ^a   Manning, Shannon D ^b   Hadler, James ^c   Rudrik, James T ^d   Thorpe, Cheleste M ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CDC   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; SHIGA TOXIN; SUBTILASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC CODE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; OPERON; PREVALENCE; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUBTILISINS; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 69949084465     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00706-09     Document Type: Letter

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