Association of untypeable enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains with persistent diarrhea in children from the region of lower Silesia in Poland

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains (EPEC) carrying the eae gene encoding intimin are divided into typical strains producing bundle forming pili, encoded by the bfpA gene, and atypical strains lacking the gene. In the study typical and atypical EPEC that did not agglutinated with EPEC polyvale...

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Published in:Polish journal of microbiology 2013, Vol.62 (4), p.461-464
Main Authors: Duda-Madej, Anna, Gościniak, Grazyna, Andrzejewska, Barbara, Duda, Anna Krystyna, Sobieszczańska, Beata
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Diarrhea
Diarrhea - epidemiology
Diarrhea - microbiology
E coli
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli - classification
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli - isolation & purification
Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology
Escherichia coli Infections - microbiology
Humans
Poland - epidemiology
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Summary:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains (EPEC) carrying the eae gene encoding intimin are divided into typical strains producing bundle forming pili, encoded by the bfpA gene, and atypical strains lacking the gene. In the study typical and atypical EPEC that did not agglutinated with EPEC polyvalent antisera but carrying virulence factors characteristic to other pathogenic E. coli i.e. diffusely adhering and enteroaggregative E. coli were isolated from 24 (43.6%) of 55 children > 10 years old with persistent diarrhea. These results indicated that non-typeable typical and atypical EPEC can contribute to chronic intestinal infections in teenagers.
ISSN:1733-1331
2544-4646
DOI:10.33073/pjm-2013-064