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Preferred term

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • E coli, Enteropathogenic
  • Enteropathogenic E. coli
  • EPEC
  • Escherichia coli, Enteropathogenic

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • Strains of ESCHERICHIA COLI characterized by attaching-and-effacing histopathology. These strains of bacteria intimately adhere to the epithelial cell membrane and show effacement of microvilli. In developed countries they are associated with INFANTILE DIARRHEA and infantile GASTROENTERITIS and, in contrast to ETEC strains, do not produce ENDOTOXINS.

History note

  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054308

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