[Do enteroaggregative Escherichia coli is a significant clinical problem in Poland?].
BACKGROUND
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli are poorly discovered pathogenic subgroup of these microorganism. They can cause watery diarrhea witch is often persistent. It seems that infections due to EAEC could comprise significant epidemiologic problem, covered especially children from developing countries and travelers visiting these countries.


METHODS
To find out, whether EAEC could comprise a problem in Poland, we examine 382 E. coli strains isolated from stool samples from patients with diarrhea in Poland in years 1997-2011. Three genes (aggR, aap and aat) were marked by Multiplex-PCR method.


RESULTS
Six of examined strains (1.5%) were marked as EAEC and they were isolated equally from children and adults.


CONCLUSIONS
It seems that EAEC could not comprise a significant problem in Poland but it should be taken in to account as a potential etiologic factor of diarrhea.
Zakład Bakteriologii Narodowego Instytutu Zdrowia Publicznego-Pańistwowego Zakładu Higieny w Warszawie.
Tomasz
T
Wołkowicz
Jolanta
J
Szych
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013045:Species Specificity