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Evidence of pathogenic subgroups among atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2009
Scaletsky Isabel C A, Aranda Katia R S, Souza Tamara B, Silva Neusa P, Morais Mauro B
Abstract excerpt
We describe the characterization of 126 atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) isolates from 1,749 Brazilian children. Classic aEPEC strains were more frequently found in children with diarrhea than in controls (P < 0.001), showing their importance as acute diarrhea agents in our country. Only aEPEC strains carrying either the ehxA or paa gene were significantly associated with diarrhea.
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