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Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli markers and phenotypes among fecal E. coli isolates collected from Nicaraguan infants.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2010
Reyes Daniel, Vilchez Samuel, Paniagua Margarita, Colque-Navarro Patricia, Weintraub Andrej, Möllby Roland, Kühn Inger
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed the prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) markers and common phenotypes in 2,164 E. coli isolates from 282 DEC-positive samples. Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) were very diverse and were not correlated with diarrhea. Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) estA and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) belonged to a few phenotypes and were significantly correlated...
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