Prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in children with diarrhea in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-363

  Franzolin, Marcia Regina ^a   Alves, Rosely Cabette Barbosa ^a   Keller, Rogéria ^a   Gomes, Tânia Aparecida Tardelli ^b   Beutin, Lothar ^c   Barreto, Mauricio Lima ^d   Milroy, Craig ^d   Strina, Agostino ^d   Ribeiro, Hugo ^e   Trabulsi, Luiz Rachid ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Instituto de Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC); Typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC); Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23944459060     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762005000400004     Document Type: Article

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