2017
DOI: 10.1186/s12941-017-0188-y
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Higher atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (a-EPEC) bacterial loads in children with diarrhea are associated with PCR detection of the EHEC factor for adherence 1/lymphocyte inhibitory factor A (efa1/lifa) gene

Abstract: BackgroundTypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (t-EPEC) are known to cause diarrhea in children but it is uncertain whether atypical EPEC (a-EPEC) do, since a-EPEC lack the bundle-forming pilus (bfp) gene that encodes a key adherence factor in t-EPEC. In culture-based studies of a-EPEC, the presence of another adherence factor, called EHEC factor for adherence/lymphocyte activation inhibitor (efa1/lifA), was strongly associated with diarrhea. Since a-EPEC culture is not feasible in clinical laboratories, … Show more

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“…Additionally non-locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded effectors, the gad gene, microcin-encoding genes and the adherence genes efa1 and iha were also detected (see Supplementary material, Table S3). The efa1 gene is one of the leading candidates as a virulence marker for aEPEC as it has been shown to contribute to diarrhoeal illness [12]. Similar to the French strains, all studied Belgian STEC and aEPEC O80:H2 are resistant to at least seven antibiotics, including two strains producing an extended-spectrum b-lactamase (see Supplementary material, Tables S1 and S4).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Additionally non-locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded effectors, the gad gene, microcin-encoding genes and the adherence genes efa1 and iha were also detected (see Supplementary material, Table S3). The efa1 gene is one of the leading candidates as a virulence marker for aEPEC as it has been shown to contribute to diarrhoeal illness [12]. Similar to the French strains, all studied Belgian STEC and aEPEC O80:H2 are resistant to at least seven antibiotics, including two strains producing an extended-spectrum b-lactamase (see Supplementary material, Tables S1 and S4).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…En esta investigación, el porcentaje de positividad del coprocultivo alcanzó 33% de los niños con diarrea. Valores inferiores de positividad fueron observados en Canadá, Estados Unidos y Noruega, mientras que porcentajes más elevados se reportaron en Grecia, Taiwán, México y Kenia (Afset et al, 2003;Klein et al, 2006;Slinger et al, 2017;Schilling et al, 2017). En países de Latinoamérica como Cuba, Perú y Venezuela, la frecuencia de detección de patógenos mediante coprocultivo varió entre 33% y 65% (Flores-Abuxapqui al., 1994;Carreazo et al, 2011;Michelli et al, 2016).…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…En las últimas décadas se han hecho grandes avances en el diagnóstico molecular de los agentes productores de diarrea (Fratamico et al, 2016 Australia reportaron que el patógeno prevalente fue EPEC (Afset et al, 2003;Klein et al, 2006;Nguyen et al, 2006;Slinger et al, 2017). Estudios recientes en niños con diarrea de regiones desarrolladas de China reportaron que S. enterica y DEC fueron los agentes etiológicos más detectados, mientras que, en las regiones menos desarrolladas de dicho país, Shigella spp.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
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