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Molecular and phenotypic characterization of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli serotypes isolated from children with and without diarrhea.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Feb 2011
Aslani Mohammad Mehdi, Alikhani Mohammad Yousef
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BACKGROUND: We characterized 36 atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) serotypes isolated from children with and without diarrhea in Iran. Because the identification of atypical EPEC based on biochemical features is rather difficult and time consuming, we used a combination of three approaches, including a polymerase chain reaction-based method, culture adherence assay, and the restriction analysis of...
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