title: Localized adherence and attaching-effacing properties of nonenteropathogenic serotypes of Escherichia coli.
abstract: Traditional enteropathogenic Escherichia coli serotypes demonstrate a plasmid-mediated localized adherence in cultured HeLa or HEp-2 cells and induce an attaching-effacing intestinal lesion, both of which are considered pathognomonic and causes of diarrhea. This study describes three E. coli strains from infantile diarrhea which share these properties but belong to serotypes (O2:H2, O2:H25 and O15:H2) not considered enteropathogenic.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ansaruzzaman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montanaro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Faruque
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haider
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bettelheim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tzipori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011817:Rabbits; D014774:Virulence