Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
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enteroinvasive-escherichia-coli-270-15128579
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Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
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Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) is a type of pathogenic bacteria whose infection causes a syndrome that is identical to shigellosis, with profuse diarrhea and high fever. EIEC are highly invasive, and they use adhesin proteins to bind to and enter intestinal cells. They produce no toxins, but severely damage the intestinal wall through mechanical cell destruction. EIEC are closely related to Shigella, like all E. coli are. Their similarity in disease phenotype come from a homologous large
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Medical condition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enteroinvasive_Escherichia_coli
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2023-09-26T02:11:57Z
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