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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
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
32888
Unique Identifier:
D019453
Occurrence in VHL
:
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