Characteristics of Escherichia coli strains belonging to enteropathogenic E. coli serogroups isolated in Italy from children with diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 689-694

  Giammanco, Anna ^a   Maggio, Margherita ^a   Giammanco, Giovanni ^a   Morelli, Roberto ^b   Minelli, Fabio ^b   Scheutz, Flemming ^c   Caprioli, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030063337     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.3.689-694.1996     Document Type: Article

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