enterotoxigenic
adjective
en·tero·toxi·gen·ic
ˌen-tə-rō-ˌtäk-sə-ˈje-nik 
: producing enterotoxin
enterotoxigenic strains of E. coli
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Although vaccines already exist for some causes of diarrhea, finding a fix for enterotoxigenic E. coli, the leading bacterial cause of diarrhea in children in the developing world, has proved to be difficult.
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Lindsey Konkel, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2010
Also while in Calcutta, Dr. Sack and his colleagues discovered in 1968 a bacterium that is known as enterotoxigenic E coli, a pathogen that was a major cause of severe diarrhea in residents of poor countries as well as travelers.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 2 May 2017
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Lindsey Konkel, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2010
Also while in Calcutta, Dr. Sack and his colleagues discovered in 1968 a bacterium that is known as enterotoxigenic E coli, a pathogen that was a major cause of severe diarrhea in residents of poor countries as well as travelers.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 2 May 2017
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enterotoxigenic
adjective
en·tero·toxi·gen·ic
-ˌtäk-sə-ˈjen-ik
: producing enterotoxin
enterotoxigenic strains of E. coli
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