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Adherence of Diarrheagenic<i>Escherichia coli</i>Strains to Epithelial Cells
23 Dec 2004
Abstract excerpt
An important early step in the colonization of the human gastrointestinal tract by bacteria is the adhesion of the organism to the host surface. Although adhesion is essential to maintain members of the normal microflora in the intestine, it is also the critical early phase in all diarrheal infections caused by pathogenic Escherichia coli strains. It is important, therefore, to fully understand the mechanisms...
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