Temporal variation of genotypes and serotypes of enterohemorrhagic E Coli isolated from Chilean children with asymptomatic infections or hemolytic uremic syndrome;Variación temporal de genotipos y serogrupos de E Coli enterohemorrágicos aislados en niños chilenos con infecciones intestinales o sindrome hemolítico-urémico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-297

  Prado J, Valeria ^a,b   Martínez D, Juan ^a   Arellano C, Carolina ^a   Levine, Myron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

EHEC Genotypes; Escherichia coli; Hemolytic uremic syndrome; Infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROPATHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031083408     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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