Article
Phylogenetic comparisons reveal multiple acquisitions of the toxin genes by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains of different evolutionary lineages.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2006
Turner Sue M, Chaudhuri Roy R, Jiang Zhi-Dong, DuPont Herbert, Gyles Carlton, Penn Charles W, Pallen Mark J, Henderson Ian R
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli is a diverse bacterial species which is widely distributed in the environment but also exists as a commensal and pathogen of different host species. Human intestinal pathogenic E. coli causes over 160 million cases of diarrhea and an estimated 1 million deaths per year. The majority of deaths are attributable to one pathovar of E. coli, namely, enterotoxigenic E. coli. The pathogenesis of...
Topics
- Bacterial Toxins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- DNA, Bacterial
- Diarrhea
- Enterotoxins
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genotype