High prevalence of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in Norwegian children with diarrhoea

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1015-1019

  Afset, Jan E ^a   Bergh, Kåre ^a,b   Bevanger, Lars ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; SHIGA TOXIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; TIME;

DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; SEROTYPING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542751235     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05287-0     Document Type: Article

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