USE OF PULSED-FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157-H7 DURING A FOOD-BORNE OUTBREAK

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作者
JOHNSON, JM [1 ]
WEAGANT, SD [1 ]
JINNEMAN, KC [1 ]
BRYANT, JL [1 ]
机构
[1] US FDA, SEAFOOD PROD RES CTR, BOTHELL, WA 98041 USA
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10.1128/AEM.61.7.2806-2808.1995
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Food and patient isolates from an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with undercooked ground beef were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and Shiga-like toxin genotype. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed the epidemiologically implicated source of the two-state outbreak and differentiated between outbreak and sporadic strains.
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