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Shiga toxin-negative attaching and effacing Escherichia coli: distinct clinical associations with bacterial phylogeny and virulence traits and inferred in-host pathogen evolution.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Jul 2008
Bielaszewska Martina, Middendorf Barbara, Köck Robin, Friedrich Alexander W, Fruth Angelika, Karch Helge, Schmidt M Alexander, Mellmann Alexander
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Attaching and effacing Escherichia coli (AEEC) that lack Shiga toxin genes (stx) and the enteropathogenic E. coli adherence factor (EAF) plasmid (stx-/EAF-) are classified as atypical enteropathogenic E. coli and cause diarrhea worldwide. However, it is unknown whether there are bacterial lineage-specific human disease phenotypes. We compared stx-/EAF- AEEC recovered from patients (mostly children)...
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