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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020-11-01
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Series: | Gut Microbes |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2020.1824562 |