Detection of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli in faecal samples from patients in the community with diarrhoea

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1493-1497

  Jenkins, Claire ^a   Tembo, Mathias ^b,c   Chart, Henrik ^a   Cheasty, Tom ^a   Willshaw, Geraldine A ^a   Phillips, Alan D ^c   Tompkins, David ^a   Smith, Henry ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE   (Zambia)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AAIA GENE; AAT GENE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; TRAVEL;

EID: 33750836741     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46683-0     Document Type: Article

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