Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)
Influence of environmental factors in the adherence of an atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strain to epithelial cells
... Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is an important cause of gastroenteritis in humans [1]. The EPEC patho- type is subdivided into typical EPEC (tEPEC) and atypical EPEC (aEPEC), where the main ...
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Effect of Aqueous Extract of <i>Aegle marmelos</i> Fruit on Adherence and β-Lactam Resistance of <i>Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli</i> by Down Regulating Outer Membrane Protein C
... of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, binds to host intestinal cells and causes a rearrangement of actin in the host cell, leading to significant deformation and elicits an inflammatory response [19] ...
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Typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli bacterial translocation associated with tissue hypoperfusion in rats
... Although enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) are well-recognized diarrheal agents, their ability to translocate and cause extraintestinal alterations is not ...E. coli R-6 (N = 6) was ...
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Prevalence and Characteristics of the O122 Pathogenicity Island in Typical and Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains
... Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing E. coli (STEC) are important human entero- pathogens (9). EPEC is further subgrouped into typical (tEPEC) and atypical ...
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Detection and genetic analysis of the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin (EAST1) gene in clinical isolates of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains
... Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) are an import- ant cause of infant diarrhea in developing countries [1]. The majority of EPEC isolates belong to classic serotypes derived from 12 classical O ...
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Distribution of non-LEE-encoded type 3 secretion system dependent effectors in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
... Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) are an im- portant cause of gastroenteritis in children less than two years of age (Nataro and Kaper, ...
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Genetic elements associated with antimicrobial resistance in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) from Brazil
... Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is an impor- tant cause of infantile diarrhea worldwide and particu- larly in developing countries ...
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Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains: Phenotypic and genetic profiling reveals a strong association between enteroaggregative E-coli heat-stable enterotoxin and diarrhea
... atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains are ...with enteropathogenic or enterohemorrhagic E. coli (98%), had LEE inserted in either selC or pheU (88%), and presented a ...
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Molecular detection of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in asymptomatic captive psittacines
... identify enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) cloacal isolates from asymptomatic psittacines in captivity and evaluate the distribution of the EPEC ...E. coli strains are more pathogenic ...
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MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI (EPEC) ASSOCIATED WITH INFANT DIARRHEA IN LONDRINA, PARANA, BRAZIL
... of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in children in Londrina-PR, Brazil, was evaluated by means of digoxigenin-labelled DNA probes which identify the plasmid responsible for EPEC adherence ...
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Distribution of tccP in clinical enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates
... agents enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic ...E. coli (EHEC), the latter also being known as verocytotoxin-producing ...E. coli or Shiga toxin-pro- ducing ...
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Intestinal cell migration damage induced by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains
... as enteropathogenic Escherichia coli ...E. coli HS ...E. coli HS and increased necrosis after 24 hours compared to the control ...
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TccP2-mediated subversion of actin dynamics by EPEC 2 - a distinct evolutionary lineage of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
... Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is the leading cause of childhood diarrhoea in developing countries (reviewed by Chen & Frankel, ...E. coli (EHEC) is a subgroup of Verocytotoxin ...
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Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains among classical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O serogroups
... traditional enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) serogroup O125 com- prises serotypes which are mainly associated with the category of enteroag- gregative ...
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Genetic analysis of Escherichia coli strains carrying enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) markers, isolated from children in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil
... Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is a diarrheagenic human pathogen and remains a leading cause of childhood diarrhea in several developing countries ...
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Concurrent infection in a dog and colonization in a child with a human enteropathogenic Escherichia coli clone
... by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), a common agent of infantile diarrhea in some developing countries ...E. coli attaching and effacing (eae) ...E. coli clones ...E. ...
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Evidence of Pathogenic Subgroups among Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains
... We describe the characterization of 126 atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) isolates from 1,749 Brazilian children. Classic aEPEC strains were more frequently found in children with ...
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Fimbrial Adhesins Produced by Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains
... Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) has emerged as a significant cause of pediatric diarrhea worldwide; however, information regarding its adherence mechanisms to the human gut mucosa ...
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Prevalence of Shiga Toxin-Producing and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in Wild and Pet Birds in Iran
... According to the results of the present study, wild and pet birds may carry STEC and EPEC strains. Although all STEC strains in this study only possessed the stx2f subtype, the public health significance of these strains ...
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The gut at war: the consequences of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection as a factor of diarrhea and malnutrition
... Malnutritio n and diarrhea are manifestatio ns o f a real war in the gut. They can be co nsidered to be an even mo re dramatic hazard because the enemy is in- visible (entero patho genic micro o rganisms) and this hazard ...
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