Typical enteroaggregative and atypical enteropathogenic types of Escherichia coli are the most prevalent diarrhea-associated pathotypes among Brazilian children

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3396-3399

  Araujo, Joel M ^a,b   Tabarelli, Graciela F ^a   Aranda, Katia R S ^a   Fabbricotti, Sandra H ^a   Fagundes Neto, Ulysses ^a   Mendes, Caio M F ^b   Scaletsky, Isabel C A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fleury   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35348919543     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00084-07     Document Type: Article

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