Identification of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli and Shigella strains in pediatric patients by an IpaC-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1757-1760

  Pal, Tibor ^a,c,e   Al Sweih, Noura Ahmed ^b   Herpay, Maria ^d   Chugh, Tulsi D ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d National Institute of Public Health Budapest   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031006303     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1757-1760.1997     Document Type: Article

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