Investigation of diarrhoeic faecal samples for enterotoxigenic, Shiga toxin-producing and typical or atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in Kashmir, India

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 238-244

  Wani, Shakil A ^a   Nabi, Asifa ^a   Fayaz, Iffiat ^a   Ahmad, Irfan ^b   Nishikawa, Yoshikazu ^c   Qureshi, Khursheed ^d   Khan, Mohmad A ^e   Chowdhary, Javaid ^d  

^a SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Government of Jammu and Kashmir ^*  (India)

Author keywords

bfpA; EPEC; ETEC; Intimin; Subtype

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN EAEA; PROTEIN HLYA; PROTEIN LT; SHIGA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33746552233     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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