Etiology of childhood diarrhea in the northeast of Brazil: significant emergent diarrheal pathogens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-57

  Moreno, Ana Carolina Ramos ^a   Filho, Antônio Fernandes ^a   Gomes, Tânia do Amaral Tardelli ^b   Ramos, Sônia T S ^a   Montemor, Liana P G ^a   Tavares, Vanessa C ^a   Filho, Lauro dos Santos ^c   Irino, Kinue ^d   Martinez, Marina Baquerizo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atypical EPEC; Diarrhea; Diarrheagenic E. coli; EAEC; Enteropathogens; Epidemiologic study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRAZIL; CAMPYLOBACTER; CELL ASSAY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 70949087945     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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