Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin is not restricted to enteroaggregative E. coli

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1019-1022

  Savarino, Stephen J ^a   McVeigh, Annette ^a   Watson, John ^b   Cravioto, Alejandro ^a   Molina, Jose ^a   Echeverria, Peter ^a   Bhan, Maharaj K ^a   Levine, Myron M ^a   Fasano, Alessio ^a  

^a Box 5000 ^*

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030067679     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.4.1019     Document Type: Article

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