Phage Types and Genotypes of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia Coli O157 in Finland

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2001 Mar 7

PMID 11230443

Citations 7

Authors

M Saari

T Cheasty

K Leino

A Siitonen

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Abstract

This study examined Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, using phage typing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and typing of Shiga toxin variant genes by PCR with restriction fragment length polymorphism in an epidemiological survey of STEC O157 isolated from humans in Finland between 1990 and 1999.

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