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Escherichia coli strains involved in diarrhea in France: high prevalence and heterogeneity of diffusely adhering strains
1 Aug 1993
Abstract excerpt
Two hundred sixty-two strains of Escherichia coli isolated from diarrheal stool specimens from infants, children, and adults hospitalized in Clermont-Ferrand, France, were studied to classify them in the previously described pathogenic groups of E. coli involved in diarrheal diseases. A total of 1.5% of them belonged to the enterotoxigenic E. coli pathotype, but none belonged to the enteroinvasive E. coli,...
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