An imported case of bloody diarrhea in the Czech Republic caused by a hybrid enteroaggregative hemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EAHEC) O104:H4 strain associated with the large outbreak in Germany, May 2011

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-89

  Marejkova M ^a,b   Rohacova H ^c   Reisingerova M ^c   Petras P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIARRHEA; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

CZECH REPUBLIC; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SHIGA TOXIN 2;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84858703533     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-011-0095-0     Document Type: Article

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