title: Outbreaks of heat stable enterotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O169 in the Kinki district in Japan: genotypic comparison by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of isolates from two outbreaks in 2000 with isolates from four outbreaks in 1997-1998.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Kobe 652-0032, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oshibe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C034151:heat stable toxin (E coli)