10.321/eid0805.Typical and Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains differ in several characteristics. Typical EPEC, a leading cause of infantile diarrhea in developing countries, is rare in industrialized countries, where atypical EPEC seems to be a more important cause of diarrhea. For typical E...

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Autores principales: Trabulsi, Luiz R., Keller, Rogéria, Gomes, Tânia A. Tardelli
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Synopsis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11996687
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0805.010385
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Sumario:Typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains differ in several characteristics. Typical EPEC, a leading cause of infantile diarrhea in developing countries, is rare in industrialized countries, where atypical EPEC seems to be a more important cause of diarrhea. For typical EPEC, the only reservoir is humans; for atypical EPEC, both animals and humans can be reservoirs. Typical and atypical EPEC also differ in genetic characteristics, serotypes, and virulence properties. Atypical EPEC is more closely related to Shiga toxin–producing E. coli (STEC), and like STEC these strains appear to be emerging pathogens.

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