Discrimination of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) from Non-EHEC strains based on detection of various combinations of Type III effector genes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3257-3262

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

^a French Agency for Food   (France)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESPK GENE; ESPM1 GENE; ESPV GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TYPE III EFFECTOR GENE; URED GENE; Z2098 GENE;

BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884809904     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01471-13     Document Type: Article

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