title: Characterization of enteropathogenic and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli isolated from diarrheal outbreaks.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Akita Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 6-6 Sensyu kubota-machi, Akita 010-0874, Japan. jyatsu@spica.freemail.ne.jp
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yatsuyanagi
authors.forename: Shioko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Yoshimichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyajima
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Amano
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Enomoto
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins