Characterization of Escherichia coli strains from cases of childhood diarrhea in provincial southwestern Nigeria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-12

  Okeke, Iruka N ^a,b   Lamikanra, Adebayo ^b   Steinrück, Hartmut ^c   Kaper, James B ^a  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033988126     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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