Escherichia coli strains of serotype O51:H40 comprise typical and atypical enteropathogenic E. coli strains and are potentially diarrheagenic

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1462-1465

  Moreira, Fabiana C ^a   Vieira, Mônica A M ^a   Ferreira, Antonio J P ^b   Girão, Dennys M ^a,c,d   Vaz, Tânia M I ^e   Rosa, Ana Cláudia P ^a,f   Knobl, Terezinha ^b   Irino, Kinue ^e   Freymüller, Edna ^a   Gomes, Tânia A T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Patologia   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; SULFAZOTRIM; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEROTYPE; ADULT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ILEUM; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; ILEUM; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 42449110358     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01854-07     Document Type: Article

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