Virulence Properties and Characteristics of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in São Paulo, Brazil, from 1976 through 1999

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 903-905

  Vaz, T M I ^a   Irino, K ^a   Kato, M A M F ^a   Dias, A M G ^a   Gomes, T A T ^b   Medeiros, M I C ^a   Rocha, M M M ^a   Guth, B E C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAZIL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O111; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O26; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1242291825     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.2.903-905.2004     Document Type: Article

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