Detection of escherichia coli enteropathogens by multiplex polymerase chain reaction from children's diarrheal stools in two Caribbean-Colombian cities

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-206

  Gómez Duarte, Oscar G ^a   Arzuza, Octavio ^b   Urbina, Delfina ^c   Bai, Jing ^a   Guerra, Julio ^b,d   Montes, Oscar ^b,d   Puello, Marta ^b   Mendoza, Ketty ^b   Castro, Gregorio Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^c Center for Social Educational Technological and Contemporary Research   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SUCRE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 76749111033     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0355     Document Type: Article

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