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The epidemiological and clinical characteristics of diarrhea associated with enteropathogenic, enteroaggregative and diffuse-adherent Escherichia coli in Egyptian children.
Journal of tropical pediatrics - 1 Oct 2014
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 excerpt
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...
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