Search for cytolethal distending toxin production among fecal Escherichia coli isolates from Brazilian children with diarrhea and without diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2206-2208

  Marques, Lilian R M ^a   Tavechio, Ana T ^a   Abe, Cecília M ^b,c   Gomes, Tânia A T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CDT GENE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038627866     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2206-2208.2003     Document Type: Article

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