Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157: H7 shows an increased pathogenicity in mice after the passage through the gastrointestinal tract of the same host

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 852-859

  Fernandez Brando, Romina J ^a   Miliwebsky, Elizabeth ^b   Mejías, María Pilar ^a   Baschkier, Ariela ^b   Panek, Cecilia A ^a   Abrey Recalde, María Jimena ^a   Cabrera, Gabriel ^a   Ramos, María Victoria ^a   Rivas, Marta ^b   Palermo, Marina S ^a  

^a ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOST; INOCULATION; INTESTINE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SERIAL PASSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84861180916     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.041251-0     Document Type: Article

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