Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of enterotoxigenic escherichia coli in samples obtained from egyptian children presenting to referral hospitals

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-197

  Shaheen, H I ^a   Abdel Messih, I A ^a   Klena, J D ^a   Mansour, A ^a   El Wakkeel, Z ^b   Wierzba, T F ^a,d   Sanders, J W ^a,e   Khalil, S B ^a   Rockabrand, D M ^a,f   Monteville, M R ^a   Rozmajzl, P J ^a,g   Svennerholm, A M ^c   Frenck, R W ^a,h  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d US Naval Medical Research   (Cambodia)

^e California   (Peru)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine   (Italy)

^h CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EGYPT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES CULTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EGYPT; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXINS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58849149067     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01282-08     Document Type: Article

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