title: Characterization of Escherichia coli strains isolated from patients with diarrhea in Sao Paulo, Brazil: identification of intermediate virulence factor profiles by multiplex PCR.
abstract: Intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli is a major causative agent of severe diarrhea. In this study the prevalences of different pathotypes among 702 E. coli isolates from Brazilian patients with diarrhea were determined by multiplex PCR. Interestingly, most strains were enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) strains, followed by atypical EPEC (ATEC) strains. Classical enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) strains were not detected.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Infektiologie, Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Entzündung, Von Esmarch Str 56, D-48149 Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Ariane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liebchen
authors.forename: Inga
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Benz
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mellmann
authors.forename: Helge
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karch
authors.forename: Tânia A T
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Rodrigo T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Hernandes
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: Suely C F
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fruth
authors.forename: M Alexander
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D014774:Virulence; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors