Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from patients with diarrhoea in Bangladesh

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 380-385

  Aminul Islam, M ^a,b,d   Heuvelink, A E ^b   De Boer, E ^b   Sturm, P D ^c   Beumer, R R ^d   Zwietering, M H ^d   Faruque, A S G ^a   Haque, R ^a   Sack, D A ^a   Talukder, K A ^a  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; EAE GENE; EHEC GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O2 H45; ESCHERICHIA COLI O32 H25; ESCHERICHIA COLI O76 H19; ESCHERICHIA COLI ONT H19; ESCHERICHIA COLI ONT H25; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STX GENE; URBAN POPULATION; VERO CELL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; URBAN POPULATION; VERO CELLS;

EID: 33847684316     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46916-0     Document Type: Article

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