Identification of colonization factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli with PCR-based technique

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-524

  Puiprom, O ^a   Chantaroj, S ^a   Gangnonngiw, W ^a   Okada, K ^a   Honda, T ^b   Taniguchi, T ^a   Sawanpanyalert, P ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Diarrhoea; Enteric bacteria; Escherichia coli (E. coli); Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

COLI SURFACE ANTIGEN 13; COLI SURFACE ANTIGEN 17; COLI SURFACE ANTIGEN 19; COLI SURFACE ANTIGEN 2; COLI SURFACE ANTIGEN 6; COLONIZATION FACTOR ANTIGEN 1; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLONIZATION FACTOR ANTIGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77949376244     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990720     Document Type: Article

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