Enteroaggretive Escherichia coli virulence markers: Positive association with distinct clinical characteristics and segregation into 3 enteropathogenic E. coli serogroups

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 366-374

  Pereira, Alex L ^a   Ferraz, Lúcia R ^b   Silva, Rejane S N ^b   Giugliano, Loreny G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Distrito Federal LACEN DF   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; O ANTIGEN; PROTEIN EAST1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGGA PROTEIN, E COLI; ENTEROTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; HEAT STABLE TOXIN (E COLI);

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CVD432 GENE; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIC GENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENETICS; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33846417969     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510538     Document Type: Article

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