title: Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli markers and phenotypes among fecal E. coli isolates collected from Nicaraguan infants.
abstract: We analyzed the prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) markers and common phenotypes in 2,164 E. coli isolates from 282 DEC-positive samples. Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) were very diverse and were not correlated with diarrhea. Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) estA and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) belonged to a few phenotypes and were significantly correlated with diarrhea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN), León, Nicaragua.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vilchez
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paniagua
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colque-Navarro
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weintraub
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Möllby
authors.forename: Inger
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kühn
mesh_terms: D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009527:Nicaragua; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic