Sorbitol-fermenting, β-glucuronidase-positive, Shiga toxin-negative Escherichia coli O157:H7 in free-ranging red deer in south-central Spain

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1313-1315

  Díaz, Sandra ^a   Vidal, Dolors ^a   Herrera León, Silvia ^b   Sánchez, Sergio ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CEFIXIME; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FERMENTATION; GENOTYPE; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SHIGA TOXINS; SORBITOL; SPAIN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 82455204617     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2011.0923     Document Type: Article

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