Invasiveness as a putative additional virulence mechanism of some atypical Enteropathogenic <it>Escherichia coli </it>strains with different uncommon intimin types

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Enteropathogenic <it>Escherichia coli </it>(EPEC) produce attaching/effacing (A/E) lesions on eukaryotic cells mediated by the outer membrane adhesin intimin. EPEC are sub-grouped into typical (tEPEC) and atypical (aEPEC)...

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Main Authors: Blanco Jesús E, Dahbi Ghizlane, Carneiro Sylvia M, Schmidt M Alexander, Greune Lilo, Blanco Miguel, Hernandes Rodrigo T, Yamamoto Denise, Mora Azucena, Blanco Jorge, Gomes Tânia AT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-07-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/146