enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

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en·ter·o·tox·i·gen·ic Esch·e·rich·i·a co·li (ETEC),

strain of Escherichia coli that attaches to the duodenum or proximal small intestine mucosa, where it forms heat-stable and heat-labile toxins that activate adenylate cyclase, causing watery diarrhea. Responsible for 40-70% of traveler's diarrhea; chiefly waterborne in human feces. Most important cause of diarrhea among infants living in tropics.

enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

a strain of E. coli that is a frequent cause of diarrhea in travelers. See also traveler's diarrhea.

en·ter·o·tox·i·gen·ic Esch·e·rich·i·a co·li

(ETEC) (en'tĕr-ō-tok-si-jen'ik esh-ĕ-rik'ē-ă kō'lī)

Strain that attaches to the duodenum or proximal small intestine mucosa, where it forms heat-stable and heat-labile toxins that activate adenylate cyclase, causing wasting diarrhea. Responsible for 40-70% of traveler's diarrhea; chiefly water borne in human feces.

enterotoxigenic

producing, produced by, or pertaining to production of enterotoxin.

enterotoxigenic colibacillosis

see Escherichia colienterotoxemia. Called also enterotoxic colibacillosis.

enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

cause diarrhea due to attachment by specific fimbriae and production of enterotoxin see k88 antigen, k88 escherichia coli scours, k99 antigen.

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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in developing countries: epidemiology, microbiology, clinical features, treatment, and prevention.

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Comparative analyses of phenotypic and genotypic methods for detection of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli toxins and colonization factors.

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Colonization factors of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC).

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Enterotoxins, colonization factors, serotypes and antimicrobial resistance of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains isolated from hospitalized children with diarrhea in Bolivia

Colonization of the small intestine of weaned pigs by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli that lack known colonization factors.

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ABSTRACT : In 2004, Jorgensen and coworkers proposed the MUC4 gene as a candidate gene of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) F4ab/ac receptor in piglets and a mutation of G [right arrow] C in intron 7 of MUC4 was identified to be associated with the ETEC F4ab/ac adhesion phenotypes.

Identification and screening of gene(s) related to susceptibility to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli F4ab/ac in piglets

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is one of the most common causes of acute watery diarrhea among children and adults in the developing world, causing [approximately equal to] 400 million diarrheal episodes and 380,000 deaths in children <5 years of age every year (1).

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli multilocus sequence types in Guatemala and Mexico

Co-infection of cholera patients with additional pathogens has focused on enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC); 13% of cholera patients in Bangladesh are co-infected with ETEC (13).