Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli as a potential cause of diarrheal disease in adults infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 185-190

  Wanke, Christine A ^a   Mayer, Howard ^b   Weber, Rainer ^d   Zbinden, Reinhard ^d   Watson, D Ashley ^c   Acheson, David ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WODEN VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL ADHESION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031818658     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515595     Document Type: Article

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