Evaluation of a multiplex PCR for identification of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli [3]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 828-829

  Cordeiro, Fabiana ^a   Pereira, Denise Da Silva Gomes ^a   Rocha, Myrna ^b   Asensi, Marise Dutra ^a   Elias, Waldir Pereira ^c   Campos, Leila Carvalho ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Hosp Munic Jesus   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38949213024     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01865-07     Document Type: Letter

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