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Novel aggregative adherence fimbria variant of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 2015
Jønsson Rie, Struve Carsten, Boisen Nadia, Mateiu Ramona Valentina, Santiago Araceli E, Jenssen Håvard, Nataro James P, Krogfelt Karen A
Abstract excerpt
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) organisms belong to a diarrheagenic pathotype known to cause diarrhea and can be characterized by distinct aggregative adherence (AA) in a stacked-brick pattern to cultured epithelial cells. In this study, we investigated 118 EAEC strains isolated from the stools of Danish adults with traveler's diarrhea. We evaluated the presence of the aggregative adherence fimbriae...
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