Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and non-O157 E. coli strains in stool specimens of patients with acute enteric infection

Acta Microbiologica Hellenica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 245-258

  Kansouzidou, A ^a   Mitka, S ^a   Ifantidou, A ^a   Chaidouli, E ^a   Psillaki, X ^a   Gymnopoulou, M ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; SHIGA TOXIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7;

EID: 28444474231     PISSN: 04389573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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