Characterization of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains isolated from children with acute diarrhea, in Mendoza, Argentina

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-170

  Ruttler M E ^a   Renna, N F ^a   Balbi, L ^a   Garcia, B ^a   Guidone, L ^a   Fernandez, R ^a   Puig, O ^a   Ortiz, A ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ENTEROTOXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036388695     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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