Primary fecal culture used as template for PCR detection of diarrheagenic E. coli virulence factors

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 241-246

  Da Silva Duque, Sheila ^a   Silva, Rosa Maria ^b   Sabra, Aderbal ^c   Campos, Leila Carvalho ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Inst Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; PCR; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAA;

EID: 0036064083     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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