Geno-phenotypic characterization of AEEC Escherichia coli isolated from children with infectious diarrhea in La Paz: Epidemiology and diagnostic implications;Caracterización geno-fenotípica de aislados de Escherichia coli (AEEC) de pacientes pediátricos con procesos diarreicos infecciosos en la ciudad de La Paz: Implicancias para el diagnóstico y epidemiología de las enfermedades diarreicas agudas

Revista Chilena de Pediatria

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 412-427

  Sánchez, Samanta ^a   Ropmecin, Paola ^a   Guachalla, Luis Miguel ^a   Iñiguez, Volga ^a  

^a Instituto de Biología Molecular Y Biotecnología   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Acute diarrhea; Attaching and effacing; Bundlina; Escherichia coli; Intimin; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INTIMIN; SHIGA TOXIN; SORBITOL; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 33750554763     PISSN: 03704106     EISSN: 07176228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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