Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli - an overview

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Beatriz Ernestina Cabilio Guth¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e ParasitologiaSão Paulo SP ,Brasil

关键词: enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli;    virulence factors;    enterotoxins;    adhesins;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762000000700017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli is an important cause of traveler's diarrhea and diarrheal illnesses in children in the developing world. In this presentation we will focus on the main virulence attributes of this pathogenic category of E. coli, and discuss the evolution of studies conducted in our laboratory.

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