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  • adjective medicine That provokes diarrhea

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Examples

  • Zhou X, Kaper JB (2005) Adherence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains to epithelial cells.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles I. Martin Sheldon et al. 2010

  • However, there are well characterised pathogenic strains of diarrheagenic

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles I. Martin Sheldon et al. 2010

  • However, there are well characterised pathogenic strains of diarrheagenic

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles I. Martin Sheldon et al. 2010

  • (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia describes "shiga-producing" (shiga is a type of toxin) E. coli infections-such as strain O111-as diarrheagenic bacteria termed "enterohemorrhagic E. coli" that are similar in path to that of the better known E. coli O157: H7.

    NewsInferno 2009

  • Some shiga-producing E. coli infections-such as strain O157: H7-are diarrheagenic bacteria termed "enterohemorrhagic E. coli."

    NewsInferno 2009

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