Concurrent Infection in a Dog and Colonization in a Child with a Human Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Clone [6]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1388-1389

  Rodrigues, Josias ^a   Thomazini, Cristiane M ^a   Lopes, Carlos A M ^a   Dantas, Liliane O ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DOG; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1542408997     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1388-1389.2004     Document Type: Letter

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