title: The epidemiological and clinical characteristics of diarrhea associated with enteropathogenic, enteroaggregative and diffuse-adherent Escherichia coli in Egyptian children.
abstract: A total of 220 enteroadherent Escherichia coli were identified from 729 Egyptian children with diarrhea using the HEp-2 adherence assay. Enteropathogenic E.coli (EPEC = 38) was common among children <6 months old and provoked vomiting, while diffuse-adhering E.coli (DAEC = 109) induced diarrheal episodes of short duration, and enteroaggregative E.coli (EAEC = 73) induced mild non-persistent diarrhea. These results suggest that EPEC is associated with infantile diarrhea in Egyptian children.
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt salwa.fouad.eg@med.navy.mil.
authors.forename: Salwa F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hind I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Shaheen
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ibrahim Adib
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Abdel-Messih
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Manal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mostafa
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Shannon D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Putnam
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Karim A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Abdel Nasser El
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Sayed
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Frenck
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Klena
authors.affiliation: Research Science Directorate, US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Wierzba
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D054308:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D015995:Prevalence
keywords: Egypt; diarrhea; diffuse-adherent E.coli; enteroaggregative E.coli; enteropathogenic E.coli