Distinct pathotypes of O113 Escherichia coli strains isolated from humans and animals in Brazil.
Two distinct diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes, enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, were observed in association with O113 strains isolated from human and nonhuman sources in Brazil, respectively. The O113 strains from human diarrhea belonged to a diversity of serotypes, and nine (53%) of them harbored virulence traits of typical EAEC.
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Disciplina de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu 862/3 andar, CEP 04023-062, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000382:microbiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping; D022621:Shiga Toxin / Q000378:metabolism; D014709:Vero Cells; D014774:Virulence
D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D022621:Shiga Toxin