Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli: An emerging pathogen

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-86

  Huang, David B ^b   Koo, Hoonmo ^b   DuPont, Herbert L ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 3142688265     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-996-0001-0     Document Type: Note

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