Heterogenic virulence in a diarrheagenic Escherichia coli: Evidence for an EPEC expressing heat-labile toxin of ETEC

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-54

  Dutta, Sanjucta ^a   Pazhani, Gururaja P ^a   Nataro, James P ^b   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; E. coli; Eae; Elt; EPEC; ETEC; Hybrid strain; Pap

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONTIG; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTEGRASE; METRONIDAZOLE; PLASMID DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTESTINE CELL; MALE; MARKER GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 84940164968     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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