Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli is a cause of acute diarrheal illness: A meta-analysis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 556-563

  Huang, David B ^a   Nataro, James P ^f   DuPont, Herbert L ^a,b,c,d   Kamat, Paresh P ^c   Mhatre, Ashwini D ^c   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^a,b,c   Chiang, Tom ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DNA PROBE; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCRETION; FECES ANALYSIS; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33747618751     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505869     Document Type: Article

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