Comparison of virulence markers and antibiotic resistance in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated ten years apart in Tehran

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 248-254

  Shahrokhi, Nader ^a   Bouzari, Saeid ^a   Jafari, Anis ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Colonization factor antigens; Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; Heat labile toxin; Heat stable toxin

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; GROWTH HORMONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENIC RESISTANT STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79955836087     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1206     Document Type: Article

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