Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) Impairs Growth while Malnutrition Worsens EAEC Infection: A Novel Murine Model of the Infection Malnutrition Cycle

摘要

Background. Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli is emerging as an increasingly recognized cause of persistent, mildly inflammatory diarrhea in the United States, especially among patients with AIDS, as well as among children, for whom it is accompanied by growth shortfalls.