Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Virulence Markers: Positive Association with Distinct Clinical Characteristics and Segregation into 3 Enteropathogenic E. coli Serogroups

Background. Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) are a heterogeneous category of emerging pathogens associated with acute and persistent diarrhea. Methods. We performed a case-control study to evaluate the association of EAEC strains and their virulence markers with infantile diarrhea in Brasíl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of infectious diseases 2007-02, Vol.195 (3), p.366-374
Hauptverfasser:	Pereira, Alex L., Ferraz, Lúcia R., Silva, Rejane S. N., Giugliano, Loreny G.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adhesion Age groups Bacteria Bacterial Adhesion - genetics Bacterial Toxins - genetics Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Brazil Case-Control Studies Diarrhea Diarrhea, Infantile - microbiology Enterotoxins - genetics Escherichia coli Escherichia coli Infections - microbiology Escherichia coli Infections - pathology Escherichia coli O157 - chemistry Escherichia coli O157 - classification Escherichia coli O157 - pathogenicity Escherichia coli Proteins - genetics Fimbriae Fimbriae Proteins - genetics Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Genotypes Humans Infant Infectious diseases Medical sciences Microbial colonization Microbiology Miscellaneous Pathogens Serotyping Species Specificity Toxins Virulence
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