Infantile diarrhoea associated with sorbitol-fermenting, non-shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H-

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 324-326

  Chakraborty, S ^a   Khan, A ^a   Kahali, S ^a   Faruque, S M ^b   Yamasaki, S ^c   Ramamurthy, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c Osaka City University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; SHIGA TOXIN; SORBITOL; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038209736     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-0915-5     Document Type: Article

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