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Genetic and phenotypic analysis of Escherichia coli with enteropathogenic characteristics isolated from Seattle children.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 1997
Bokete T N, Whittam T S, Wilson R A, Clausen C R, O'Callahan C M, Moseley S L, Fritsche T R, Tarr P I
Abstract excerpt
Coliform colonies from children whose stools were submitted for microbiologic analysis were studied prospectively to determine the frequency of shedding of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC). In total, 2225 isolates from 445 patients were probed with eaeA (encoding intimin) and the EAF (EPEC adherence factor) probe, and adherence and actin-aggregating phenotypes were determined. Twenty-five patients (5.6%)...
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