Enteropathogenic and enteroaggregative E. coli in stools of children with acute gastroenteritis in Davidson County, Tennessee. - PubMed - NCBI
Enteropathogenic and enteroaggregative E. coli in stools of children with acute gastroenteritis in Davidson County, Tennessee.
Foster MA1,
Iqbal J1,
Zhang C1,
McHenry R1,
Cleveland BE1,
Romero-Herazo Y1,
Fonnesbeck C1,
Payne DC2,
Chappell JD1,
Halasa N1,
Gómez-Duarte OG3.
Abstract
This prospective acute gastroenteritis (AGE) surveillance was conducted in the inpatient and emergency room settings at a referral pediatric hospital to determine the prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) in children <12years of age with AGE in Davidson County, Tennessee. Subjects 15 days to 11 years of age, who presented with diarrhea and/or vomiting, were enrolled. Stool specimens were processed for detection of DEC using multiplex polymerase chain reaction. From December 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012, a total of 79 (38%) out of 206 stool specimens from children with AGE tested positive for E. coli. A total of 12 (5.8%) out of 206 stool specimens from children with AGE were positive for a DEC. Eight (67%) out of these 12 were positive for enteropathogenic E. coli, and the remaining 4 were positive for enteroaggregative E. coli. DEC clinical isolates clustered with known E. coli enteropathogens according to multilocus sequencing typing. Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Inc.
KEYWORDS:
E. coli; EAEC; EPEC; children; diarrhea; epidemiology; gastroenteritis
- PMID:
- 26298817
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