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. 2004 Oct;10(10):1851-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1010.031093.

Emerging enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains?

Tânia A T Gomes  1 , Kinue Irino, Dennys M Girão, Valéria B C Girão, Beatriz E C Guth, Tânia M I Vaz, Fabiana C Moreira, Silvia H Chinarelli, Mônica A M Vieira
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Emerging enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains?

Tânia A T Gomes et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Oct.

Abstract

Escherichia coli strains of nonenteropathogenic serogroups carrying eae but lacking the enteropathogenic E. coli adherence factor plasmid and Shiga toxin DNA probe sequences were isolated from patients (children, adults, and AIDS patients) with and without diarrhea in Brazil. Although diverse in phenotype and genotype, some strains are potentially diarrheagenic.

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Figure 1
Prevalence of distinct adherence patterns in eae+ EAF– stx– Escherichia coli strains outside the enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) serogroups in three cities in Brazil. LAL, localized adherence-like; LCC, loose and compact clusters; LA6, localized adherence in 6-hour assay; NA/SP, nonadherent/sporadic; DA, diffuse adherence; NC, noncharacteristic; AA, aggregative adherence; LA/AA, localized and aggregative adherence; LA/DA, localized and diffuse adherence.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Intimin types in eae+ EAF– stx– Escherichia coli strains outside the enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) serogroups in three cities in Brazil. NT, nontypable with the sequences tested; ND, not done.
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