Frequency and distribution of diarrhoeagenic escherichia coli strains isolated from pediatric patients with diarrhoea in bosnia and herzegovina

Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-155

  Dedeić Ljubović, Amela ^a   Hukić, Mirsada ^a   Bekić, Daria ^a   Zvizdić, Amra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Diarrhoeagenic E. coli; Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli; Enteroinvasive E. coli; Enteropathogenic E. coli; Enterotoxigenic E. coli; Haemolytic uremic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEROTYPING;

EID: 67649411836     PISSN: 15128601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2009.2835     Document Type: Article

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