Improved detection of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli among patients with travelers' diarrhea, by use of the polymerase chain reaction technique

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2053-2055

  Caeiro, Juan Pablo ^a   Estrada Garcia, M Teresa ^b   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^b   Mathewson, John J ^b   Adachi, Javier A ^b   Steffen, Robert ^d   DuPont, Herbert L ^a,c,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032736136     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315121     Document Type: Article

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