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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli
SUBMITTER: Sébastien Faucher
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-9671 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Infection and immunity 20080825 11
Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an important food-borne pathogen that specifically binds to the follicle-associated epithelium in the intestine, which rapidly brings this bacterial pathogen in contact with underlying human macrophages. Very little information is available about the interaction between E. coli O157:H7 and human macrophages. We evaluated the uptake and survival of strain EDL933 during infection of human macrophages. Surprisingly, EDL933 survived and multiplied in human macrophages at ...[more]