Verotoxin producing Escherichia coli infections. Prevalence in children from the French Auvergne region;Les infections a Escherichia coli producteurs de verotoxines: Etude de la prevalence chez l'enfant darts la region Auvergne

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages

  Pradel, N ^a   De Champs, C ^b   Palcoux, J B ^c   Sirot, J ^b   Forestier, C ^a   Joly, B ^a   Scheutz, F ^d   Livrelli, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Facultè de Médecine   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child; Diarrhea; Epidemiologic study characteristics; Escherichia coli infections; Escherichia coli O157

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; VEROTOXIN 1;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANCE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRULENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034199030     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(00)80182-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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