Emerging Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains?

摘要

Escherichia coli strains of nonenteropathogenicserogroups carrying eae but lacking the enteropathogenicE. coli adherence factor plasmid and Shiga toxin DNAprobe sequences were isolated from patients (children,adults, and AIDS patients) with and without diarrhea inBrazil. Although diverse in phenotype and genotype, somestrains are potentially diarrheagenic