Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli serotype O126:H27, Israel

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1170-1173

  Shazberg, Gila ^a   Wolk, Moshe ^b,f   Schmidt, Herbert ^c   Sechter, Iancu ^b   Gottesman, Giora ^d   Miron, Dan ^e  

^a BIKUR CHOLIM HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b Ministry of Health Central Laboratories   (Israel)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O126 H27; FECES CULTURE; HOST CELL; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0042817951     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0909.020695     Document Type: Article

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