Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Carrying Supplementary Virulence Genes Are an Important Cause of Moderate to Severe Diarrhoeal Disease in Mexico

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Patzi Vargas, Sandra ^a   Zaidi, Mussaret Bano ^b,c   Perez Martinez, Iza ^a   León–Cen, Magda ^b   Michel Ayala, Alba ^b   Chaussabel, Damien ^d   Estrada Garcia, Teresa ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b Hospital General O'Horan   (Mexico)

^c Infectious Diseases Research Unit Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán   (Mexico)

^d BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN; DISPERSIN TRANSLOCATOR; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE HEAT STABLE TOXIN 1; PLASMID ENCODED TOXIN; PROTEIN; SVG DISPERSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE GENE; COMPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84928793577     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003510     Document Type: Article

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