Search for Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) including 0157 : H7 strains in and around Kolkata

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-20

  Chattopadhyay, U K ^a   Gupta, S ^a   Dutta, S ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

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

Author keywords

Animal products; Animals handlers; Diarrhoeic children; Kolkata; STEC

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; SHIGA TOXIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0041419470     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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