Can the fliC PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique replace classic serotyping methods for characterizing the H antigen of enterotoxigenic Eschenchia coli strains?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1453-1458

  Moreno, Ana Carolina Ramos ^a   Guth, Beatriz Ernestina Cabilio ^b   Martinez, Marina Baquerizo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE H ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE O ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLIC GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; TECHNIQUE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FLAGELLIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645907187     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.4.1453-1458.2006     Document Type: Article

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