Characterization of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) clinical isolates and their antibiotic resistance pattern

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Aslani, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Alikhani, Mohammad Yousef ^b   Zavari, Ali ^b   Yousefi, Rasol ^b   Zamani, Ali Reza ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; EAEC; Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; HeLa cell

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGULON; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRULENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79551503708     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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