Article
Phylogenetic analysis and Shiga toxin production profiling of Shiga toxin-producing/enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli clinical isolates.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Nov 2010
Li Rui, Harada Takaaki, Honjoh Ken-ichi, Miyamoto Takahisa
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) can cause severe illnesses in humans such as hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic-uremic syndrome. In this study, we carried out genotypic analysis of the Shiga toxin (stx) gene in 120 clinical isolates of STEC and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) from p...
Topics
- Animals
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- DNA, Bacterial
- Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Genotype
- Humans
- Japan
- Latex Fixation Tests
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Shiga Toxin
- Vero Cells
- Virulence