Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Escherichia coli strains of non-Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) serogroups that carry eae and lack the EPEC adherence factor and shiga toxin DNA probe sequences

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 762-772

  Vieira, Mônica A M ^a   Andrade, João R C ^e   Trabulsi, Luiz R ^b   Rosa, Ana C P ^e   Dias, Angela M G ^c   Ramos, Sônia R T S ^d   Frankel, Gad ^f   Gomes, Tãnia A T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; INTIMIN; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HELA CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CACO-2 CELLS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; DIARRHEA; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035282635     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318821     Document Type: Article

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