First report of the Shiga toxin 1 gene in sorbitol-fermenting Escherichia coli O157:H -

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1825-1826

  Brandal, Lin Thorstensen ^a   Løbersli, Inger ^a   Stavnes, Trine Lise ^a   Wester, Astrid Louise ^a   Lindstedt, Bjørn Arne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN 1;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CDTB GENE; EAE GENE; EFA1 GENE; EHXA GENE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; NLEB GENE; PAGC GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAA GENE; SEN GENE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; STCE GENE; STX1 GENE; SUBA GENE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NORWAY; SHIGA TOXIN 1; SORBITOL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84859967540     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06435-11     Document Type: Letter

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