Article
Sharing of virulence-associated properties at the phenotypic and genetic levels between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Hafnia alvei.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Nov 1992
Albert M J, Faruque S M, Ansaruzzaman M, Islam M M, Haider K, Alam K, Kabir I, Robins-Browne R
Abstract excerpt
Seven strains of Hafnia alvei isolated from diarrhoeal stools of children resembled enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in that they produced attaching-effacing (AE) lesions in rabbit ileal loops and fluorescent actin staining in infected HEp-2 cells. In addition, a DNA probe from a chromosomal gene required by EPEC to produce AE lesions, hybridised to chromosomal DNA from all seven H. alvei strains. These...
Topics
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Blotting, Southern
- Child
- Diarrhea
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Enterobacteriaceae Infections
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Feces
- HeLa Cells
