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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O157 strains from Brazil.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2003
Blank T Eric, Lacher David W, Scaletsky Isabel C A, Zhong Hailang, Whittam Thomas S, Donnenberg Michael S
Abstract excerpt
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...
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