Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli associated with childhood diarrhoea in Colombia, South America

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 372-381

  Gómez Duarte, Oscar G ^a   Romero Herazo, Yesenia C ^a,c   Paez Canro, Carol Z ^b   Eslava Schmalbach, Javier H ^b   Arzuza, Octavio ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bundle forming pilus; Colombia; Diarrhoea; Enterotoxigenic E. coli; EPEC; Localized adherence E. coli; Multiplex PCR; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOUTH AMERICA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84877907008     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2667     Document Type: Article

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