Association of Cytolethal Distending Toxin Locus cdtB with Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Patients with Acute Diarrhea in Calcutta, India

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5277-5281

  Pandey, Mritunjay ^a   Khan, Asis ^a   Das, Suresh C ^b   Sarkar, Bhaswati ^a   Kahali, Soumen ^a   Chakraborty, Subhra ^a   Chattopadhyay, Santanu ^a   Yamasaki, Shinji ^c   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^d   Nair, G Balakrish ^e   Ramamurthy, T ^a  

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

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d JISSEN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; CDTB GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENRICHMENT CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 0127A; ESCHERICHIA COLI 086A; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBE HYBRIDIZATION ASSAY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; VOMITING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 10744233864     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5277-5281.2003     Document Type: Article

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