Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 360-370

  Karmali, Mohamed A ^a   Gannon, Victor ^a   Sargeant, Jan M ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli; STEC; Verocytotoxin producing Escherichia coli; VTEC; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; CHLORAL HYDRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI VACCINE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VEROTOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 73949159257     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.04.011     Document Type: Review

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