Prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Shigella species isolated from French travellers returning from the Caribbean: An emerging pathogen with international implications

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 765.e9-765.e14

  Gray, M D ^a   Lacher, D W ^b   Leonard, S R ^b   Abbott, J ^b   Zhao, S ^b   Lampel, K A ^b   Prothery, E ^c   Gouali, M ^c   Weill, F X ^c   Maurelli, A T ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Dominican republic; Haiti; Shiga toxin; Shigella

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARIBBEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANCE; FRENCH GUIANA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAITI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRAVEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROPHAGES; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937516479     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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