Isolation and characterization of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC) by genotypic and phenotypic markers, isolated from diarrheal children in Congo

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 213-219

  Jalaluddin, Sheikh ^a,b   De Mol, Patrick ^c   Hemelhof, Wim ^a   Bauma, Ngoy ^d   Brasseur, Daniel ^d   Hennart, Philippe ^d   Lomoyo, Robert Emery ^d   Rowe, Bernard ^e   Butzler, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Free University of Brussels ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d CEMUBAC   (Congo)

^e CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; Congo; Diarrhea; Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC); Genotype; Phenotype; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; CELL ADHESION; CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; VERO CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031954520     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00671.x     Document Type: Article

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