title: First isolation outside Europe of sorbitol-fermenting verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) belonging to O group O157.
authors.forename: Karl A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bettelheim
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Whipp
authors.affiliation: Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010. *Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, PMB 8, Camden, New South Wales, 2570, Australia.
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Djordjevic
authors.affiliation: Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010. *Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, PMB 8, Camden, New South Wales, 2570, Australia.
authors.forename: Vidiya
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D022603:Shiga Toxins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C036507:Hlya protein, E coli; D022603:Shiga Toxins; C073819:eaeA protein, E coli; D013012:Sorbitol