Article
Sorbitol-negative phenotype among enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains of different serotypes and from different sources.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 1995
Ojeda A, Prado V, Martinez J, Arellano C, Borczyk A, Johnson W, Lior H, Levine M M
Abstract excerpt
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains detected with DNA probes (for virulence plasmid and Shiga-like toxins) from subjects with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (n = 19) or diarrhea (n = 41) or asymptomatic carriers (n = 29) were examined for sorbitol fermentability, as were enterotoxigenic (n = 40), enteropathogenic (n = 40), and enteroinvasive (n = 40) E. coli and urinary tract infection (n = 40) strains...
Topics
- Carrier State
- Colitis
- DNA Probes
- Diarrhea
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Fermentation
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
- Humans
- Phenotype