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Detection of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli from children with and without diarrhea in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
30 Oct 2007
Abstract excerpt
We identified different diarrheagenic (DEC) Escherichia coli pathotypes isolated from 1,207 children with and without acute endemic diarrhea in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil collected as part of a case-control study. Since the identification of DEC cannot be based on only biochemical and culture criteria, we used a multiplex polymerase chain reaction developed by combining five specific primer pairs for...
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