Diarrheagenic escherichia coli in acute gastroenteritis in infants in north-west italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-51

  Amisano, Gabriella ^a   Fornasero, Stefania ^a   Migliaretti, Giuseppe ^a   Caramello, Stefano ^a   Tarasco, Valentina ^b   Savino, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Esclierichia coli; Infants; Molecular identification; Polymerase cliain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 79952474656     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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