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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D054308
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D054308
Preferred Name

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Definitions
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.
Synonyms
E coli, Enteropathogenic
EPEC
Escherichia coli, Enteropathogenic
Enteropathogenic E. coli
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