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Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli: a cause of bacteremia in patients with AIDS.

J Clin Microbiol. 1991 Nov;29(11):2675-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92129562
Bessesen MT; Wang E; Echeverria P; Blaser MJ; Disease Control Service, Denver Health and Hospitals, Colorado; 80204.

Abstract: A strain of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli was isolated from the blood of a patient with advanced human immunodeficiency virus disease on repeated occasions, associated with severe diarrheal illness. The isolate was killed in vitro by control sera but not by sera collected from the patient before or after his bacterial illnesses.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult Bacteremia/*COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY Case Report Diarrhea/COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY Escherichia coli/ISOLATION & PURIF/PATHOGENICITY Escherichia coli Infections/*COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY Gastrointestinal System/MICROBIOLOGY Human Male Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE

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