Article
Phenotypic diversity of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains from a community-based study of pediatric diarrhea in periurban Egypt.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 1999
Peruski L F, Kay B A, El-Yazeed R A, El-Etr S H, Cravioto A, Wierzba T F, Rao M, El-Ghorab N, Shaheen H, Khalil S B, Kamal K, Wasfy M O, Svennerholm A M, Clemens J D, Savarino S J
Abstract excerpt
No past studies of diarrhea in children of the Middle East have examined in detail the phenotypes of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains, which are important pathogens in this setting. During a prospective study conducted from November 1993 to September 1995 with 242 children under 3...
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