Article
Enteropathogenic <i>Providencia alcalifaciens</i> : A subgroup of <i>P. alcalifaciens</i> that causes diarrhea
2024-04-26
Abstract excerpt
Even though Providencia alcalifaciens is considered as a normal flora of the large intestine, there are reports of it causing diarrhea. In a previous study, a strain, 2939/90 obtained as a pure stool culture from a dead diarrheal patient was shown to cause invasion and actin condensation in mammalian cells, and diarrhea in a rabbit model. In a subsequent study, four Tn phoA mutants of 2939/90 produced negligible...
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- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Gut microbiota and health
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2994a2c3-422b-5c02-a416-3b7837dcd411
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.04.26.591277
