Resumen de Combating enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) infections:: the way forward

Michael S. Donnenberg, B. Brett Finlay

• Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains continue to cause severe and sometimes fatal infantile diarrhea, particularly in Africa. Increased efforts at diagnosis, defining the clinical spectrum of disease, understanding pathogenic mechanisms, and delineating immune responses are desperately needed to develop new strategies to combat EPEC.