Production of cytolethal distending toxin and other virulence characteristics of Escherichia coli strains of serogroup O86

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 703-708

  Ghilardi, Ângela Cristina Rodrigues ^a   Gomes, Tânia Aparecida Tardelli ^b   Trabulsi, Luiz Rachid ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytolethal distending toxin; Diarrhoea; Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; Serogroup O86; Virulence markers

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAZIL; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035404318     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000500022     Document Type: Article

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