Clinical microbiology and infection, 2015-08, Vol.21 (8), p.729-734
2015
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: foe or innocent bystander?
- Ist Teil von
- Clinical microbiology and infection, 2015-08, Vol.21 (8), p.729-734
- Ort / Verlag
- England: Elsevier Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2015
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) remain one the most important pathogens infecting children and they are one of the main causes of persistent diarrhoea worldwide. Historically, typical EPEC (tEPEC), defined as those isolates with the attaching and effacement (A/E) genotype (eae+), which possess bfpA+ and lack the stx– genes are found strongly associated with diarrhoeal cases. However, occurrence of atypical EPEC (aEPEC; eae+bfpA–stx–) in diarrhoeal and asymptomatic hosts has made investigators question the role of these pathogens in human disease. Current epidemiological data are helping to answer the question of whether EPEC is mainly a foe or an innocent bystander during infection.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1198-743XeISSN: 1469-0691DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.01.015Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4497942
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- Asymptomatic pathogenic Escherichia coli, atypical EPEC, Diarrhea - epidemiology, Diarrhea - microbiology, diarrhoea, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli - classification, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli - genetics, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli - isolation & purification, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli - physiology, epidemiology, Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology, Escherichia coli Infections - microbiology, Escherichia coli Proteins - genetics, Genotype, Humans