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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Blank, T. Eric ; Lacher, David W. ; Scaletsky, Isabel C.A. ; Zhong, Hailang ; Whittam, Thomas S. ; ... More +
Blank, T. Eric ; Lacher, David W. ; Scaletsky, Isabel C.A. ; Zhong, Hailang ; Whittam, Thomas S. ; Donnenberg, Michael S. Less -
Description:
We describe two serogroup O157 Escherichia coli strains from Brazilian infants with diarrhea. A variety of assays indicate that these strains belong to the enteropathogenic, not the enterohemorrhagic, pathotype. These strains possess a novel bfpA allele encoding the type IV pilin characteristic of typical enteropathogenic E. coli strains. Our results emphasize the pitfalls of classifying pathogenic E. coli by serogroup.
Subject:
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Adhesins, Bacterial
Alleles
Carrier Proteins
Diarrhea
Dispatch
Escherichia Coli Infections
Escherichia Coli O157
Escherichia Coli Proteins
Fimbriae Proteins
Humans
Infant
Serotyping

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 9(1):113-115.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Brazil
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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