Enteropathogenicity markers in Escherichia coli isolated from infants with acute diarrhoea and healthy controls in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 781-790

  Rosa, A C P ^a   Mariano, A T ^a   Pereira, A M S ^a   Tibana, A ^b   Gomes, T A T ^c   Andrade, J R C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ENTEROTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URBAN AREA; VERO CELL;

EID: 0031667579     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-9-781     Document Type: Article

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