Relationship between O-serogroup and presence of pathogenic factor genes in Escherichia coli

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 845-849

  Sunabe, Tsuyoshi ^a   Honma, Yasuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

EIEC; EPEC; O serogroup

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032407537     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02360.x     Document Type: Article

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