Diagnosis of human infection with diarrheagenic Escherichia coli;Diagnostic des Escherichia coli agents de diarrhée chez l'homme

Revue Francophone des Laboratoires

Volumn 38, Issue 400, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Germani, Yves ^a   Le Bouguénec, Chantal ^b  

^a U 389 Inst Natl de la S   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diffusely adherent; Enteroaggregative; Enteroinvasive; Enteropathogenic; Enterotoxigenic; Escherichia coli; Locus of enterocyte effacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149120707     PISSN: 1773035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1773-035x(08)80102-5     Document Type: Review

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