Identification of the Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 strain responsible for a food poisoning outbreak in Germany by PCR

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Sep;49(9):3439-40. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01312-11. Epub 2011 Jul 13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
  • Fimbriae Proteins / genetics*
  • Foodborne Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Foodborne Diseases / microbiology
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Shiga Toxin 2 / genetics*
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • AggA protein, E coli
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • Shiga Toxin 2
  • Fimbriae Proteins