Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Pathotypes From Children Younger Than 5 Years in Kano State, Nigeria

Autor: Habeeb Kayode Saka, Nasir Tukur Dabo, Bashir Muhammad, Silvia García-Soto, Maria Ugarte-Ruiz, Julio Alvarez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 7 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-2565
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00348
Popis: Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) is one of the leading causes of gastrointestinal disorders worldwide and an important public health challenge. DEC infection is often underdiagnosed during routine microbiological analysis, especially in resource constrained settings; the use of molecular tests could however help to determine the distribution of DEC and its clinical significance. Here, a study to assess the prevalence of DEC in clinical samples from patients
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