Comparative genetic characterization of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains recovered from clinical and non-clinical settings

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Rong ^a   Gu, Dan Xia ^a   Huang, Yong Lu ^a   Chan, Edward Wai Chi ^b   Chen, Gong Xiang ^a   Chen, Sheng ^b  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PREVALENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CEPHALOSPORINS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84964324674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24321     Document Type: Article

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