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Characteristics of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli isolated from healthy carriers and from patients with diarrhoea.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Dec 2013
Nüesch-Inderbinen Magdalena T, Hofer Eveline, Hächler Herbert, Beutin Lothar, Stephan Roger
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to compare the virulence characteristics and phylogenetic features of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) strains from adults with and without diarrhoea and to search for associations between the analysed genes and carrier or diarrhoeagenic strains, respectively. Faecal samples of 487 healthy humans were screened for EAEC strains and compared with isolates from diarrhoeal patients....
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