Does sequence type 33 of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O91 cause only mild symptoms?
Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan.
Eriko
E
Maeda
Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan murakami@fihes.pref.fukuoka.jp.
Koichi
K
Murakami
Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yoshiki
Y
Etoh
Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan.
Daisuke
D
Onozuka
Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, Dazaifu, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nobuyuki
N
Sera
Fukuoka City Institute of Hygiene and the Environment, Jigyohama, Fukuoka, Japan.
Nanami
N
Asoshima
Fukuoka City Institute of Hygiene and the Environment, Jigyohama, Fukuoka, Japan.
Mikiko
M
Honda
Laboratory of Microbiology, Oita Prefectural Institute of Health and the Environment, Oita, Japan.
Hiroshi
H
Narimatsu
Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Tokyo, Japan.
Sunao
S
Iyoda
Toyama Institute of Health, Imizu, Toyama, Japan.
Masanori
M
Watahiki
Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi, Fukuoka, Japan.
Shuji
S
Fujimoto
D015746:Abdominal Pain; D003967:Diarrhea; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010802:Phylogeny; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*