Use of PCR to identify enteroaggregative Escherichia coli as an important cause of acute diarrhoea among children living in Calcutta, India

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1011-1016

  Dutta, Shanta ^a   Pal, Sangita ^a   Chakrabarti, S ^a   Dutta, P ^a   Manna, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA PROBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033501023     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-48-11-1011     Document Type: Article

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