Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli: An Emerging Enteric Pathogen

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-389

  Huang, David B ^b   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^b   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^b   DuPont, Herbert L ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; LACTOFERRIN; PLACEBO; RIFAXIMIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 1442277649     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.04041.x     Document Type: Review

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