Frequency and virulence properties of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in children with diarrhea in Gabon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 406-410

  Presterl, Elisabeth ^a   Zwick, Ralph H ^a   Reichmann, Sonja ^a   Aichelburg, Alexander ^a   Winkler, Stefan ^b   Kremsner, Peter G ^b,c   Graninger, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN AAF I; FIMBRIA PROTEIN AAF II; GENE PRODUCT; GENTAMICIN; HEAT STABLE ENTEROTOXIN; IMIPENEM; PLASMID ENCODED HEAT LABILE TOXIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PRIMER DNA;

AAFA GENE; AAGA GENE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GABON; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID PCVD432; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0642343205     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.406     Document Type: Article

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