Molecular typing and virulence of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains isolated from children with and without diarrhoea in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 414-422

  Regua Mangia, Adriana H ^a   Gomes, Tânia A T ^b   Vieira, Mônica A M ^b   Irino, Kinue ^c   Teixeira, Lúcia M ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AAFA GENE; AAP GENE; AERO GENE; AGGA GENE; AGGR GENE; ARTICLE; ASTA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIM GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HLY GENE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; KPS GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PET GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SHE GENE; SHF GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 65649136240     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006502-0     Document Type: Article

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