Occurrence and genetic association of selected virulence factors in clinical Escherichia coli isolates

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-77

  Bogyiova E ^a   Siegfried, L ^a   Kmetova M ^a   Sandorcinova Z ^a   Liptakova A ^a   Biros E ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIC NECROTIZING FACTOR 1; CYTOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; HLYA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRULENCE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036044933     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02818569     Document Type: Article

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