Article
Phenotypic profiles of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli associated with early childhood diarrhea in rural Egypt.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2004
Shaheen Hind I, Khalil Sami B, Rao Malla R, Abu Elyazeed Remon, Wierzba Thomas F, Peruski Leonard F, Putnam Shannon, Navarro Armando, Morsy Badria Z, Cravioto Alejandro, Clemens John D, Svennerholm Ann-Mari, Savarino Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) causes substantial diarrheal morbidity and mortality in young children in countries with limited resources. We determined the phenotypic profiles of 915 ETEC diarrheal isolates derived from Egyptian children under 3 years of age who participated in a 3-year population-based study. For each strain, we ascertained enterotoxin and colonization factor (CF) expression, the O:H...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Child, Preschool
- Diarrhea
- Egypt
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests