Prevalence of subtilase cytotoxin in verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from humans and raw meats in Belgium

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1395-1399

  Buvens, G ^a   Lauwers, S ^a   Pierard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; SUBTILASE CYTOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW MEAT; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; WILDLIFE;

BELGIUM; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MEAT; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUBTILISINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78449258218     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1014-z     Document Type: Article

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