A prospective study on Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in children with diarrhoea in Paraná State, Brazil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-647

  De Toni, F ^a   De Souza, E M ^a   Pedrosa, F O ^a   Klassen, G ^a   Irino, K ^b   Un Rigo, L ^a   Steffens, M B R ^a   Fialho, O B ^a   Farah, S M S S ^a,c   Fadel Picheth, Cyntia M T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c Laboratory Central of Parana State (LACEN)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Escherichia coli; Shiga toxin; STEC; Stx genes; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; DIAGNOSIS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; SHIGA TOXIN; STEC; STX GENES; VIRULENCE GENES;

GENES;

AMPICILLIN; DNA FRAGMENT; VEROTOXIN 1;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH IMPACT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BRAZIL; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 64849100344     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02569.x     Document Type: Article

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