Article
Discovery and phylogenetic analysis of novel members of class b enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli adhesive fimbriae.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2011
Nada Rania A, Shaheen Hind I, Khalil Sami B, Mansour Adel, El-Sayed Nasr, Touni Iman, Weiner Matthew, Armstrong Adam W, Klena John D
Abstract excerpt
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is recognized to be a common cause of acute watery diarrhea in children from developing countries. Colonization factors (CFAs) have been identified predominantly in ETEC isolates secreting heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) or cosecreting ST with a heat-labile toxin (LT). We hypothesized that LT-only-secreting ETEC produces unique colonization factors not previously described in...
Topics
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Bacterial
- Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Genotype