Type IV longus pilus of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: Occurrence and association with toxin types and colonization factors among strains isolated in Argentina

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 694-697

  Pichel, Mariana G ^a   Binsztein, Norma ^a   Qadri, Firdausi ^a   Girón, Jorge A ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; COLONIZATION FACTOR ANTIGEN I; COLONIZATION FACTOR ANTIGEN II; COLONIZATION FACTOR ANTIGEN IV; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN LNGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036159430     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.2.694-697.2002     Document Type: Article

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