Detection of virulence factors in α-haemolytic Escherichia coli strains isolated from various clinical materials

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 569-573

  Birosova E ^a   Siegfried, L ^a   Kmet'ova M ^a   Makara, A ^b   Ostro A ^b   Gresova A ^b   Urdzik P ^b   Liptakova A ^a   Molokacova M ^b   Bartl R ^b   Valansky L ^b  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b FNsP ^*  (Slovakia)

Author keywords

aer; afa; cnf; Escherichia coli; hly; pap; sfa foc; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AEROBACTIN; BACTERIAL DNA; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE CULTURE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 3242699718     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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