Evidence of pathogenic subgroups among atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3756-3759

  Scaletsky, Isabel C A ^a   Aranda, Katia R S ^a   Souza, Tamara B ^a   Silva, Neusa P ^a   Morais, Mauro B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

BRAZIL; DIARRHEA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAA;

EID: 70449674678     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01599-09     Document Type: Article

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