Genotypic and phenotypic determination of five virulence markers in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-271

  Bollmann, Renate ^a   Seeburg, Anke ^a   Parschau, Jana ^a   Schönian, Gabriele ^a   Sokolowska Köhler, Wanda ^a   Halle, Elke ^a   Presber, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; genotype; phenotype; virulence markers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; DNA PROBES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; PHENOTYPE; SIDEROPHORES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031127619     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(97)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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