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ESCHERICHIA COLI O157
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Descriptor
English
:
Escherichia coli O157
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Escherichia coli O157
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Escherichia coli O157
Synonyms
English
:
E coli O157
E coli O157-H7
Escherichia coli O157-H7
Tree Number:
B03.440.450.425.325.300.800.250.500
B03.660.250.150.180.100.800.250.500
Definition
English
:
A verocytotoxin-producing serogroup belonging to the O subfamily of
Escherichia coli
which has been shown to cause severe food-borne
disease
. A strain from this serogroup, serotype H7, which produces
SHIGA TOXINS
, has been linked to human
disease outbreaks
resulting from
contamination
of foods by E. coli O157 from bovine origin.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection: coordinate IM with
ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS
(IM); consider also
HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME
; in titles &
translations
use O157 (the
letter
O), not 0157 (the number zero)
History Note
English
:
97
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
chemistry
classification
cytology
drug effects
enzymology
growth & development
genetics
immunology
isolation & purification
metabolism
physiology
pathogenicity
radiation effects
ultrastructure
virology
Record Number:
32888
Unique Identifier:
D019453
Occurrence in VHL
:
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