Towards a molecular definition of enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli (EHEC): Detection of genes located on O Island 57 as markers to distinguish EHEC from closely related enteropathogenic e. coli strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1083-1088

  Delannoy, Sabine ^a   Beutin, Lothar ^b   Facha, Patrick ^a  

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOMIC ISLAND; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; Z2098 GENE; Z2099 GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875850816     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02864-12     Document Type: Article

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