Virulence features of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli identified by the eae+ EAF-negative stx- genetic profile

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-365

  Abe, Cecilia M ^a   Trabulsi, Luiz R ^a   Blanco, Jorge ^b   Blanco, Miguel ^b   Dahbi, Ghizlane ^b   Blanco, Jesús E ^b   Mora, Azucena ^b   Franzolin, Marcia R ^a   Taddei, Carla R ^a   Martinez, Marina B ^c   Piazza, Roxane M F ^a   Elias, Waldir P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio de Referencia de Escherichia coli   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atypical EPEC; Diarrhea; Enteropathogens; Escherichia coli; Intimin; Serotype

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BFP PROTEIN; BFPA PROTEIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EAE PROTEIN; EAF PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; INTIMIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PERA PROTEIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CELL LINE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67650732671     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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