Characterisation of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from human patients in Hungary over a 7-year period

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-252

  Mag, T ^a   Nogrady N ^a   Herpay, M ^a   Toth I ^b   Rozgonyi, F ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; INTIMIN; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77249159289     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0836-z     Document Type: Article

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