Escherichia coli: A brief review of diarrheagenic pathotypes and their role in diarrheal diseases in Iran

Iranian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 102-117

  Bouzari, S ^a,b   Jafari, A ^a   Aslani, M M ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b National Escherichia coli Reference Laboratory (NERL)   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IRAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84870311497     PISSN: 20083289     EISSN: 20084447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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