Detection of cytotoxic necrotizing factor types 1 and 2 among fecal Escherichia coli isolates from brazilian children with and without diarrhea
The enteropathogenic role of cytotoxic necrotizing factor (CNF)-producing Escherichia coli was investigated by searching cnf genes among 2074 isolates from 200 children with and 200 without acute diarrhea in Brazil. Fourteen (7%) cases versus 10 (5%) control children carried at least one cnf positiv...
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Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
2004-02-01
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Series: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000100014 |