Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the beef marketed in Malaysia

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1998 Mar;64(3):1153-6. doi: 10.1128/AEM.64.3.1153-1156.1998.

Abstract

Twelve strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 were isolated from 9 of 25 beef samples purchased from retail stores in Malaysia. These strains produced Shiga toxin 2 with or without Shiga toxin 1 and had the eae gene and a 60-MDa plasmid. The antibiograms and the profiles of the arbitrarily primed PCR of the strains were diverse, suggesting that the strains may have originated from diverse sources.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Escherichia coli O157 / isolation & purification*
  • Escherichia coli O157 / pathogenicity
  • Meat / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Virulence