Identity, virulence genes, and clonal relatedness of Aeromonas isolates from patients with diarrhea and drinking water

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1163-1172

  Pablos, M ^a   Remacha, M A ^b   Rodriguez Calleja J M ^a   Santos, J A ^a   Otero, A ^a   Garcia Lopez M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Hospital of Leon   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PLASMIDS; SPAIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349260869     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0982-3     Document Type: Article

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