Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli markers and phenotypes among fecal E. coli isolates collected from Nicaraguan infants

Daniel Reyes; Samuel Vilchez; Margarita Paniagua; Patricia Colque-Navarro; Andrej Weintraub; Roland Möllby; Inger Kühn

doi:10.1128/JCM.00228-10

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli markers and phenotypes among fecal E. coli isolates collected from Nicaraguan infants

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep;48(9):3395-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00228-10. Epub 2010 Jul 14.

Authors

Daniel Reyes¹, Samuel Vilchez, Margarita Paniagua, Patricia Colque-Navarro, Andrej Weintraub, Roland Möllby, Inger Kühn

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN), León, Nicaragua.

Abstract

We analyzed the prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) markers and common phenotypes in 2,164 E. coli isolates from 282 DEC-positive samples. Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) were very diverse and were not correlated with diarrhea. Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) estA and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) belonged to a few phenotypes and were significantly correlated with diarrhea.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Diarrhea / microbiology*
Escherichia coli / classification*
Escherichia coli / genetics
Escherichia coli / metabolism
Escherichia coli / pathogenicity*
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
Feces / microbiology*
Genotype
Humans
Infant
Nicaragua
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic