Acute diarrhea due to enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Epidemiological and clinical features in Brasília, Brazil

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-69

  Fagundes Neto, Ulysses ^a   Schmitz, Lenora Gandolfi ^b   Scaletsky, Isabel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhea; Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; Food intolerance; Gastroenteritis; Infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344508041     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(96)90054-5     Document Type: Article

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