Serotypes, intimin subtypes, and antimicrobial resistance patterns of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated in England from 1993 to 1996

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-24

  Jenkins, C ^a   Smith, H R ^b   Lawson, A J ^b   Willshaw, G A ^b   Cheasty, T ^b   Wheeler, J G ^c   Tompkins, D S ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA INTIMIN; GAMMA INTIMIN; GAMMA2 INTIMIN; INTIMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTYPING; TRAVEL;

EID: 32144438830     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0075-x     Document Type: Article

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