Aeromonas isolates from human diarrheic stool and groundwater compared by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 224-228

  Borchardt, Mark A ^a   Stemper, Mary E ^a   Standridge, Jon H ^b  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0037326989     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0902.020031     Document Type: Article

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