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Clonal relationship among invasive and non-invasive strains of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli serogroups.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Mar 1999
Martinez M B, Whittan T S, McGraw E A, Rodrigues J, Trabulsi L R
Abstract excerpt
The genetic relatedness among 96 invasive Escherichia coli belonging to several serogroups and 13 non-invasive of several serotypes that share the same O antigen was investigated by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis analysis. The invasive strains were isolated in different parts of the world and most of them recovered from dysentery. Twenty-nine electrophoretic types were distinguished and the most invasive...
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