Adhesive Escherichia coli in inflammatory bowel disease and infective diarrhoea
Burke DA;Axon AT;;
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)1988Vol. 297pp. -
249
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Abstract
The clinical features of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are similar to those of infections of the bowel, although their cause is uncertain. Many bacteria that cause intestinal diseases adhere to the gut mucosa, and adhesion of pathogenic Escherichia coli is resistant to D-mannose. The adhesi …