Molecular epidemiology of Escherichia coli diarrhea in children in Hong Kong.
This pediatric hospital-based study of 388 diarrhea cases and 306 controls analyzed predominant E. coli colonies from primary culture (253 cases and 177 controls) with eight DNA probes for enteropathogenic, enterotoxigenic, enteroaggregative, and diffusely adherent E. coli. Only enteropathogenic E. coli adherence factor was identified significantly more frequently in cases (10) than in controls (0).
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D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D015342:DNA Probes; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics
D015342:DNA Probes