Identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli harboring longus type IV pilus gene by DNA amplification

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1767-1771

  Gutiérrez Cázarez, Zita ^a   Qadri, Firdausi ^b   Albert, M John ^b   Girón, Jorge A ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0343238856     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.5.1767-1771.2000     Document Type: Article

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