An Escherichia coli clone carrying the adhesin-encoding afa operon is involved in both diarrhoea and cystitis in twins

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 573-

  Germani, Yves ^a   Bégaud, Evelyne ^a   Duval, Philippe ^b   Le Bouguénec, Chantal ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

^b Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

afa operon; Cystitis; Diarrhoea; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYSTITIS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MALE; OPERON; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 12644306862     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90031-6     Document Type: Article

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