First isolation outside Europe of sorbitol-fermenting verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) belonging to O group O157.

J Med Microbiol

August 2002

Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010. *Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, PMB 8, Camden, New South Wales, 2570, Australia.