Diffuse and enteroaggregative patterns of adherence of Escherichia coli isolated from stools of children in northeastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 313-319

  Affonso Scaletsky, Isabel Cristina ^a   Fabbricotti, Sandra Hilde ^a   De Lima Bigelli Carvalho, Rozane ^a   Nunes, Claudia Regina ^b   De Sousa Maranhão, Helcio ^c   De Morais, Mauro Batista ^a   Riley, Lee ^d   Fagundes Neto, Ulysses ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Universitário Materno Infantil   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence patterns; Childhood diarrhea; Diffusely adherent E. coli; Enteroaggregative E. coli; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23744455010     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822001000400012     Document Type: Article

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