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High Prevalence of Serine Protease Autotransporter Cytotoxins among Strains of Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli
1 Feb 2009
Abstract excerpt
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) pathogenesis is thought to comprise intestinal colonization followed by the release of enterotoxins and cytotoxins. Here, we use a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to determine the prevalence of 10 genes encoding serine protease autotransporter toxins (SPATEs) in a collection of clinical EAEC isolates. Eighty-six percent of EAEC strains harbored genes encoding one or more...
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