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Potential role of adherence traits of Escherichia coli in persistent diarrhea in an urban Brazilian slum
WANKE, CHRISTINE A. MD; SCHORLING, JOHN B. MD, MPH; BARRETT, LEAH J. BA; DESOUZA, MARIA A. MD; GUERRANT, RICHARD L. MD
Abstract
We examined stools from 40 children with persistent diarrhea (duration, 14 days or more), from 50 children with acute diarrhea and from 38 control children to determine infectious parasitic enteric pathogens. Routine pathogens were identified in at least 20% of cultures done more than 14 days into the diarrheal illness. We examined Escherichia coli isolated from these
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