Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 outbreaks in England and Wales, 1995: phenotypic methods and genotypic subtyping

G A Willshaw; H R Smith; T Cheasty; P G Wall; B Rowe

doi:10.3201/eid0304.970422

Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 outbreaks in England and Wales, 1995: phenotypic methods and genotypic subtyping

Emerg Infect Dis. 1997 Oct-Dec;3(4):561-5. doi: 10.3201/eid0304.970422.

Authors

G A Willshaw¹, H R Smith, T Cheasty, P G Wall, B Rowe

Affiliation

¹ Central Public Health Laboratory, London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 belonging to four phage types (PTs) caused 11 outbreaks of infection in England and Wales in 1995. Outbreak strains of different PTs were distinguishable by DNA-based methods. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis best discriminated among strains belonging to the same PT, distinguishing six of the seven PT2 outbreak strains and both PT49 outbreak strains.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis
Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
Disease Outbreaks*
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
England / epidemiology
Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
Escherichia coli O157 / classification*
Genotype
Humans
Phenotype
Shiga Toxin 1
Time Factors
Wales / epidemiology

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
Shiga Toxin 1