Prevalence and characteristics of the O122 pathogenicity Island in typical and atypical enteropathogenic escherichia coli strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1452-1455

  Vieira, Mônica A M ^a   Salvador, Fábia A ^a   Silva, Rosa M ^a   Irino, Kinue ^b   Vaz, Tânia M I ^b   Rockstroh, Anna C ^a   Guth, Beatriz E C ^a   Gomes, Tânia A T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Seçao de Bacteriologia Instituto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYMPHOSTATIN; NLEB PROTEIN; NLEE PROTEIN; PAGC PROTEIN; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI ENTEROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77950504543     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01944-09     Document Type: Article

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