Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains isolated in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-162

  Regua Mangia, Adriana Hamond ^a,b   Guth, Beatriz Cabilio ^c   Da Costa Andrade, João Ramos ^d   Irino, Kinue ^e   Pacheco, Ana Beatriz F ^b   Ferreira, Luís Carlos S ^b   Zahner, Viviane ^a   Teixeira, Lúcia Martins ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell adherence; Colonization factor antigen; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; ETEC serotyping; Molecular characterization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; MARKER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DNA PROBE; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1342302811     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00308-0     Document Type: Article

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