A case of diarrhea, bacteremia, and fever caused by a novel strain of Escherichia coli.
A nonenteropathogenic strain of Escherichia coli from a patient with diarrhea and bacteremia possessed the attaching-effacing eae gene, was invasive in the gentamicin invasion assay, and expressed two types of pili and K1 antigen. This unique combination places the strain in a new category of attaching-effacing E. coli.
Bratoeva
M P
MP
Dept. of Medicine, Medical University of S.C., Charleston 29425-2226.
Wolf
M K
MK
Marks
J K
JK
Cantey
J R
JR
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D014774:Virulence
D004269:DNA, Bacterial