title: Lack of Shiga-like cytotoxin production by enteroinvasive Escherichia coli.
abstract: Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli has not been extensively studied for cytotoxin production. We evaluated 30 well-characterized enteroinvasive E. coli strains of all the known invasive serogroups from several geographic regions for their ability to produce Shiga-like cytotoxic activity assayed in a HeLa cell system. None of these strains produced cytotoxic activity that was neutralizable with antibody to Shiga-like toxin I or II.
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010957:Plasmids; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D003603:Cytotoxins; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1