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Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) infection causes a syndrome that is identical to Shigellosis with profuse diarrhea and high fever. EIEC are highly invasive and they utilize adhesin proteins to bind to and enter intestinal cells. They produce no toxins but severely damage the intestinal wall through mechanical cell destruction.It is closely related to Shigella.After the E.

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