Prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in children with diarrhea in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in children with diarrhea in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

We report the frequency of the different diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) categories isolated from children with acute endemic diarrhea in Salvador, Bahia. The E. coli isolates were investigated by colony blot hibridization whit the following genes probes: eae, EAF, bfpA, Stx1, Stx2, ST-Ih, ST-I...

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Main Authors: Marcia Regina Franzolin, Rosely Cabette Barbosa Alves, Rogéria Keller, Tânia Aparecida Tardelli Gomes, Lothar Beutin, Mauricio Lima Barreto, Craig Milroy, Agostino Strina, Hugo Ribeiro, Luiz Rachid Trabulsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2005-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)
Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC)
diarrhea
virulence factors
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