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ESCHERICHIA COLI, ENTEROTOXIGENIC
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Descriptor
English
:
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Escherichia coli Enterotoxigénica
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Escherichia coli Enterotoxigênica
Synonyms
English
:
E coli, Enterotoxigenic
Escherichia coli, Enterotoxigenic
ETEC
Tree Number:
B03.440.450.425.325.300.340
B03.660.250.150.180.100.340
Definition
English
:
Strains of
ESCHERICHIA COLI
that produce or contain at least one member of either heat-labile or heat-stable
ENTEROTOXINS
. The organisms colonize the mucosal surface of the small intestine and elaborate their
enterotoxins
causing
DIARRHEA
. They are mainly associated with tropical and
developing countries
and
affect
susceptible travelers to those places.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection
: coordinate IM with
ESCHERICHIA COLI
INFECTION
(IM)
History Note
English
:
2008
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
52550
Unique Identifier:
D054307
Occurrence in VHL
:
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