Article
Heterogeneous virulence of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains isolated from children in Southwest Nigeria.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Okeke I N, Lamikanra A, Czeczulin J, Dubovsky F, Kaper J B, Nataro J P
Abstract excerpt
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) has been implicated in acute and persistent diarrhea, and most strains harbor a member of a partially-conserved plasmid family (called pAA). We studied EAEC isolated from Nigerian children aged <5 years to elucidate the roles of plasmid and chromosomal EAEC loci. We tested a total of 131 EAEC strains isolated from acute diarrhea case patients and control subjects for...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
