Characteristics of Escherichia coli strains belonging to enteropathogenic E. coli serogroups isolated in Italy from children with diarrhea.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on March 01, 1996

Authors

A Giammanco1, M Maggio, G Giammanco, R Morelli, F Minelli, F Scheutz, A Caprioli

Author Affiliations

1: Dipartimento di Igiene e Microbiologia, Universita di Palermo, Italy.

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