Detection of typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in Iranian children with and without diarrhoea

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1159-1163

  Alikhani, M Yousef ^a,b   Mirsalehian, Akbar ^a   Aslani, M Mehdi ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BFPA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EAEA GENE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; STX GENE; SUMMER;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AEROMONAS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGELLA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33748574017     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46539-0     Document Type: Article

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