title: Reduced etiological role for enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in cases of diarrhea in Brazilian infants.
abstract: Previously common in Brazil, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains of serogroups O55, O111, and O119 are now rare, while enteroadherent strains other than EPEC, belonging to serogroups such as O125, were prevalent among 126 diarrheic infants less than 1 year old who were surveyed. None of these strains had the EPEC bundle-forming pilus (bfpA) gene.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biociências da UNESP em Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. josias@ibb.unesp.br
authors.forename: Josias
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Cristiane M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Thomazini
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.forename: Georgea C M
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: de Batista
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012703:Serotyping