title: Adhesin-encoding genes from shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli are more prevalent in atypical than in typical enteropathogenic E. coli.
abstract: Four of six adhesin-encoding genes (lpfA, paa, iha, and toxB) from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains were detected in typical and atypical enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) strains of various serotypes. Although the most prevalent gene was lpfA in both groups, paa was the only potential diarrhea-associated gene in atypical EPEC.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. tatg.amaral@unifesp.br
authors.forename: Tânia A T
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Rodrigo T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Hernandes
authors.forename: Alfredo G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Fábia A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Salvador
authors.forename: Beatriz E C
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Guth
authors.forename: Tânia M I
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Vaz
authors.forename: Kinue
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irino
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Mônica A M
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vieira
mesh_terms: D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000328:Adult; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002648:Child; D054308:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012703:Serotyping; D054323:Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli; D037521:Virulence Factors