Escherichia coli enteroinvasive

Fasano A, Kay BA, Russell RG, Maneval DR Jr, Levin MM Enterotoxin and cytotoxin production by enteroinvasive Escherichia coli. Infect Immun 1990,58 3717-3723. 

Nataro JP, Seriwatana J, Fasano A, Maneval DR, Guers LD, Noriega F, Dubovsky F, Levine MM, Morris JG Jr Identification and cloning of a novel plasmid-encoded enterotoxin of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli and Shigella strains. Infect Immun 1995,63 4721-4728. 

Escherichia coli GI disease may be caused by enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), enteroinvasive E. coli, enteropathogenic E. coli, enteroadhesive E. coli, and enterohemorrhagic E. coli. ETEC is now incriminated as being the most common cause of traveler s diarrhea. 

Altenhoefer, A., Oswald, S., Sonnenborn, U., Enders, C., Schulze, J., Hacker, J., and Oelschlaeger, T. A. (2004). The probiotic Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 interferes with invasion of human intestinal epithelial cells by different enteroinvasive bacterial pathogens. FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 40, 223-229. 

Maurelli, A.T., Fernandez, R.E., Bloch, C.A., Rode, C.K., Fasano, A. 1998. Black holes and bacterial pathogenicity a large genomic deletion that enhances the virulence of Shigella spp. and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95 3943-3948. 

Escherichia coli all enteropathogenic, enterotoxigenic, enteroinvasive and strains bearing K1 antigen, including i . coli0157 H7 Haemophilus ducreyi, H. influenzae Helicobacter pylori... 

Enteroinvasive strain Strain of Escherichia coli with a plasmid-borne gene for a surface antigen (K antigen) then enables it to attach to and invade mucosal cells. 

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