Characterization of enteropathogenic and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli isolated from diarrheal outbreaks.
Virulence characteristics of diarrheal outbreak-associated Escherichia coli O55:NM, O126:NM, and O111:NM were examined. The E. coli O55:NM strains were atypical enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), while the E. coli O126:NM and O111:NM strains should be classified as enteroaggregative E. coli (EAggEC). The contributions of EPEC and EAggEC to the human disease burden in Japan might be significantly greater than is currently appreciated.
Yatsuyanagi
Jun
J
Akita Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 6-6 Sensyu kubota-machi, Akita 010-0874, Japan. jyatsu@spica.freemail.ne.jp
Saito
Shioko
S
Sato
Hiroyasu
H
Miyajima
Yoshimichi
Y
Amano
Ken-Ichi
K
Enomoto
Katsuhiko
K
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics
D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins