Detection of the Escherichia coli attaching and effacing gene (eaeA) in enteropathogenic strains by polymerase chain reaction

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-181

  Germani, Y ^a   Begaud, E ^a   Le Bouguenec, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

diagnosis; diarrhoea; eaeA gene; Escherichia coli; PCR; virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROPATHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031028340     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(97)87648-6     Document Type: Article

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