Age-specific prevalence of diffusely adherent Escherichia coli in Brazilian children with acute diarrhoea

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-363

  Spano, Liliana C ^a   Sadovsky, Ana Daniela I ^b   Segui, Paula N ^a   Saick, Ketene W ^a   Kitagawa, Sonia M S ^a   Pereira, Fausto E L ^b   Fagundes Neto, Ulysses ^c   Scaletsky, Isabel C A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b Escola Superior de Ciencias da Santa Casa de Misericordia EMESCAM   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOTTING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 40549119450     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47660-0     Document Type: Article

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