Quantitative analysis and virulence phenotypes of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) acquired from diarrheal stool samples from a Midwest US hospital

Infectious diarrhea causes approximately 179 million illnesses annually in the US. Multiplex PCR assays for enteric pathogens detect enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in 12–29% of diarrheal stool samples from all age groups in developed nations. The aim of this study was to isolate and charac...

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Main Authors: MJ Carlino, SE Kralicek, SA Santiago, LM Sitaraman, AT Harrington, Gail A. Hecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-11-01
Series:Gut Microbes
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2020.1824562