Comparison of multiplex PCR with serogrouping and PCR-RFLP of fliC gene for the detection of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) comprise one of the six categories of diarrhoeagenic E. coli (DEC). EPEC is subgrouped into typical (tEPEC) and atypical (aEPEC). The identification of DEC cannot be based only on cultural and biochemical criteria, since they are indistinguishable from the no...

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Main Author: Bouzari,Saeid (author)
Other Authors: Aslani,Mohammad M (author), Oloomi,Mana (author), Jafari,Anis (author), Dashti,Amir (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000400011
Country:Brazil
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