Geographically distinct escherichia coli o157 isolates differ by lineage, shiga toxin genotype, and total shiga toxin production

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 579-586

  Mellor, Glen E ^a   Fegan, Narelle ^a   Gobius, Kari S ^a   Smith, Helen V ^b   Jennison, Amy V ^b   D'Astek, Beatriz A ^c   Rivas, Marta ^c   Shringi, Smriti ^d   Baker, Katherine N K ^d   Besser, Thomas E ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Department of Health   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SHIGA TOXIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921791262     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01532-14     Document Type: Article

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