Shiga toxin 2 overexpression in Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains associated with severe human disease

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 466-470

  Neupane, Mahesh ^a   Abu Ali, Galeb S ^c   Mitra, Avishek ^b   Lacher, David W ^c   Manning, Shannon D ^a   Riordan, James T ^b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clade 8; E. coli O157:H7; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Shiga toxin; Stx2

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SHIGA TOXIN 2; SPINACIA OLERACEA; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 80054830716     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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