Identification of unconventional intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates expressing intermediate virulence factor profiles by using a novel single-step multiplex PCR.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on March 30, 2007

Authors

Daniel Müller1, Lilo Greune, Gerhard Heusipp, Helge Karch, Angelika Fruth, Helmut Tschäpe, M Alexander Schmidt

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1: Institut für Infektiologie, Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Entzündung (ZMBE), Von-Esmarch-Str. 56, D-48149 Münster, Germany.

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