Occurrence of hlyA and sheA genes in extraintestinal Escherichia coli strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2965-2968

  Kerényi, Monika ^a   Allison, Heather E ^b   Bátai, István ^a   Sonnevend, Ágnes ^c   Emödy, Levente ^a   Plaveczky, Nóra ^a   Pál, Tibor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HLYA GENE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEA GENE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BLOOD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENITALIA; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 20444433148     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2965-2968.2005     Document Type: Article

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