Shiga toxin- and enterotoxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from subjects with bloody and nonbloody diarrhea in Bangkok, Thailand

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-180

  Leelaporn, Amornrut ^a   Phengmak, Manthana ^a,d   Eampoklap, Boonchuay ^b   Manatsathit, Sathaporn ^a   Tritilanunt, Samruay ^a   Siritantikorn, Sontana ^a   Nagayama, Kenichi ^c   Iida, Tetsuya ^c   Niyasom, Chaisit ^a   Komolpit, Podjanee ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute   (Thailand)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; THAILAND; VERO CELL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037966599     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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