Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Foe or innocent bystander?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 729-734

  Hu, J ^a   Torres, A G ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic pathogenic escherichia coli; Atypical EPEC; Diarrhoea; Enteropathogenic escherichia coli; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BFPA GENE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STX GENE; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS;

EID: 84937428371     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.01.015     Document Type: Review

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