Serotype diversity as a drawback in the surveillance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections in Brazil

J Med Microbiol. 2007 Apr;56(Pt 4):565-567. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.46815-0.

Authors

Kinue Irino¹, Tânia M I Vaz^{2

1}, Marta I C Medeiros³, Maria Aidê M F Kato¹, Tânia A T Gomes², Mônica A M Vieira², Beatriz E C Guth²

Affiliations

¹ Seção de Bacteriologia, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo - Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu 862, São Paulo, CEP 04023-062, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 17374902
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46815-0

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Brazil / epidemiology
Child, Preschool
Escherichia coli / genetics
Escherichia coli / metabolism*
Escherichia coli Infections / complications
Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
Genetic Variation
HIV Infections / complications
Humans
Infant
Serotyping
Shiga Toxin / metabolism*

Substances

Shiga Toxin