Heterogeneity among strains of diffusely adherent Escherichia coli isolated in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1968-1972

  Lopes, Lucia M ^a   Fabbricotti, Sandra H ^a   Ferreira, Antonio J P ^b   Kato, Maria A M F ^c   Michalski, Jane ^d   Scaletsky, Isabel C A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLICIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HEMOLYSIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; VERO CELL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 16844375095     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.4.1968-1972.2005     Document Type: Article

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