Article
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 col...
Topics
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Toxins
- Child
- DNA, Bacterial
- Diarrhea
- Enterotoxins
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Genes, Bacterial
- Humans
- Phenotype