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Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin is not restricted to enteroaggregative E. coli.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 1996
Savarino S J, McVeigh A, Watson J, Cravioto A, Molina J, Echeverria P, Bhan M K, Levine M M, Fasano A
Abstract excerpt
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC) have been implicated as diarrheal pathogens in several settings. Some EAggEC produce a distinct heat-stable enterotoxin named EAST1. The distribution and prevalence of the EAST1 gene in selected groups of bacterial enteropathogens were determined by colony hybridization. One hundred percent of 75 O157:H7 enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), 41% of 227 EAggEC, 41% of 149...
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