Novel Segment- and Host-Specific Patterns of Enteroaggregative Adherence to Human Intestinal Enteroids.

Enteroaggregative (EAEC) is an important diarrheal pathogen and a cause of both acute and chronic diarrhea. It is a common cause of pediatric bacterial diarrhea in developing countries. Despite its discovery in 1987, the intestinal tropism of the pathogen remains unknown.