PCR-based identification of common colonization factor antigens of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3068-3071

  Ghosal, Abhisek ^a   Bhowmick, Rudra ^a   Nandy, Ranjan Kumar ^a   Ramamurthy, T ^a   Chatterjee, Nabendu Sekhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; COLONIZATION FACTOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548690547     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00646-07     Document Type: Article

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