Isolation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from a south American samelid (Lama guanicoe) with diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4809-4811

  Mercado, E C ^a   Rodriguez S M ^a   Elizondo, A M ^a   Marcoppido, G ^a   Parreno V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL ADHESION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEP 2 CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CELL LINE; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMA GUANICOE; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 5444236851     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4809-4811.2004     Document Type: Article

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