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Diffusely adherent Escherichia coli strains isolated from children and adults constitute two different populations.
BMC microbiology - 1 Feb 2013
Mansan-Almeida Rosane, Pereira Alex Leite, Giugliano Loreny Gimenes
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Diffusely adherent Escherichia coli (DAEC) have been considered a diarrheagenic category of E. coli for which several potential virulence factors have been described in the last few years. Despite this, epidemiological studies involving DAEC have shown inconsistent results. In this work, two different collections of DAEC possessing Afa/Dr genes, from children and adults, were studied regarding...
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