Origin and characteristics of enteroinvasive strains of Escherichia coli (EIEC) isolated in Germany

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-205

  Beutin, L ^a   Gleier, K ^a   Kontny, I ^b   Echeverria, P ^c   Scheutz, F ^d  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Landeshygieneinstitut M   (Germany)

^c ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLON; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

DIARRHEA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; EUROPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; ROMANIA; TRAVEL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030839016     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007413     Document Type: Article

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