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- Title
The Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Diarrhea Associated with Enteropathogenic, Enteroaggregative and Diffuse-Adherent Escherichia coli in Egyptian Children.
- Authors
Ahmed, Salwa F.; Shaheen, Hind I.; Abdel-Messih, Ibrahim Adib; Mostafa, Manal; Putnam, Shannon D.; Kamal, Karim A.; Sayed, Abdel Nasser El; Frenck, Robert W.; Sanders, John W.; Klena, John D.; Wierzba, Thomas F.
- Abstract
A total of 220 enteroadherent Escherichia coli were identified from 729 Egyptian children with diarrhea using the HEp-2 adherence assay. Enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC = 38) was common among children <6 months old and provoked vomiting, while diffuse-adhering E.coli (DAEC = 109) induced diarrheal episodes of short duration, and enteroaggregative E.coli (EAEC = 73) induced mild non-persistent diarrhea. These results suggest that EPEC is associated with infantile diarrhea in Egyptian children.
- Subjects
DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTESTINAL diseases; ESCHERICHIA coli infections in children; EGYPTIANS; BACTERIAL typing; VOMITING in children; DISEASES
- Publication
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2014, Vol 60, Issue 5, p397
- ISSN
0142-6338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/tropej/fmu034