Genotype analysis of Escherichia coli strains isolated from children and chickens living in close contact

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 472-476

  Kariuki, S ^a,b,c   Gilks, C ^b   Kimari, J ^c   Obanda, A ^c   Muyodi, J ^c   Waiyaki, P ^c   Hart, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENDONUCLEASE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHICKEN; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

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

EID: 0032975506     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.472-476.1999     Document Type: Article

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