Prevalence of enteropathogens in normal feces from healthy children at an infant day care in Brazil

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-180

  de Moura, Cláudia ^a   Fregolente, Maria Clara Duarte ^a   Martini, Isabel Julien ^a   Domingos, Daniela Ferreira ^a   da Silva, Erivaldo José ^a   Ferraz, Mirtis Maria Giaciani ^a   Gatti, Maria Silvia Viccari ^a   da Silva Leite, Domingos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Day care center; Enteropathogen; Escherichia coli; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; ROTAVIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84857152094     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1982     Document Type: Article

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