Mechanisms of gut damage by Escherichia coli

Bailliere's Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 465-483

  Phillips, A D ^a   Frankel, G ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli; Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli infections; Escherichia coli O157; Intimin

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CYTOSKELETON; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROPATHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOST CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0031453835     PISSN: 09503528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3528(97)90027-0     Document Type: Article

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