Genetic relationship between Escherichia coli strains isolated from the intestinal flora and those responsible for infectious diseases among patients hospitalized in intensive care units

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-51

  Mereghetti, Laurent ^a   Tayoro, J ^b,c   Watt, S ^a   Lanotte, P ^a   Loulergue, J ^a   Perrotin, D ^b   Quentin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Intensive care units; Random amplified polymorphism of DNA; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINE FLORA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

CROSS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTESTINES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036727348     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1259     Document Type: Article

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