Association of untypeable enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains with persistent diarrhea in children from the region of Lower Silesia in Poland

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-464

  Duda Madej, Anna ^a   Gósciniak, Grazyna ^a   Andrzejewska, Barbara ^a   Duda, Anna Krystyna ^a   Sobieszczańska, Beata ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adherence patterns; Typical and atypical enteropathogenic E. coli

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIFFUSION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLAND; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLAND;

EID: 84896348109     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33073/pjm-2013-064     Document Type: Article

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