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Molecular characterisation of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli O136:K78 isolates from patients of a diarrhoea outbreak in China.
Indian journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Zhou X, Xia W, Tu J, Xue L, Ni X
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PURPOSE: A diarrhoea outbreak occurred in a kindergarten, which caused 21 relevant infected cases. Our object was to confirm the pathogens and their molecular characterisation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Faecal samples from 21 patients were collected on the 3rd day after their symptom onset, and a regular epidemiological investigation was conducted. Bacterial isolation was performed in accordance with standard...
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