Escherichia coli pathotypes associated with diarrhea in Romanian children younger than 5 years of age

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-293

  Usein, Codruta Romanita ^a   Tatu Chitoiu, Dorina ^a   Ciontea, Simona ^a   Condei, Maria ^a   Damian, Maria ^a  

^a CANTACUZINO INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; O ANTIGEN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROMANIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROMANIA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 69449103774     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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