Genotypic and phenotypic profiles of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli associated with acute diarrhea in Tunis, Tunisia

Current Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-55

  Al Gallas, Nazek ^a   Abbassi, Saleh Med ^b   Hassan, Assia Ben ^b   Aissa, Ridha Ben ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLI SURFACE ANTIGEN 6; COLONIZING FACTOR ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENZYME; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PROTEIN ELT; PROTEIN STA; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SCREENING; SEROTYPE; THERMOSTABILITY; TUNISIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUNISIA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34250672404     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-006-0572-x     Document Type: Article

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