title: Occurrence of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli in retail fresh seafood, beef, lamb, pork, and poultry from grocery stores in Seattle, Washington.
abstract: Fresh meat, poultry, and seafood purchased from Seattle area grocery stores were investigated for the presence of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli by using DNA probes for Shiga-like toxin (SLT) genes I and II. Of the 294 food samples tested, 17% had colonies with sequence homology to SLT I and/or SLT II genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samadpour
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ongerth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liston
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Whittam
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Tarr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis*; D002417:Cattle; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology*; D017747:Seafood / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping; D012756:Sheep; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine; D014861:Washington
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2