Molecular identification of coliform bacteria from colicky breastfed infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1582-1588

  Savino, F ^a,c   Cordisco, L ^b   Tarasco, V ^a   Calabrese, R ^a   Palumeri, E ^a   Matteuzzi, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Infantile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli; Infantile colic; Molecular identification; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST FEEDING; COLIC; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIBOTYPING;

BREAST FEEDING; COLIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 69749092523     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01419.x     Document Type: Article

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