Comparison of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from surface water and diarrhoeal stool samples in Bangladesh

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-26

  Begum, Y A ^a   Talukder, K A ^a   Nair, G B ^a   Khan, S I ^b   Svennerholm, A M ^c   Sack, R B ^d   Qadri, F ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Colonization factors; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC); Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Surface water samples; Toxin types

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION;

COLONIZATION FACTORS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI (ETEC); PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURFACE WATER SAMPLES; TOXIN TYPES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; MECILLINAM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SURFACE WATER; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELECTROKINESIS; PATHOGEN; SURFACE WATER; TOXIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BANGLADESH; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DYSENTERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEROTYPING; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; MATLAB; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34247394107     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-098     Document Type: Article

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