A Comparative Study of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, shigella, aeromonas, and Vibrio as Etiologies of Diarrhea in Northeastern Thailand *
| Autor: | Jitvimol Seriwatana, C. Tirapat, Samreung Yanggratoke, David N. Taylor, Peter Echeverria |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Diarrhea Shigellosis Adolescent Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Cholera Virology Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli medicine Humans Shigella Child Vibrio cholerae Escherichia coli Infections Dysentery Bacillary Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Bacterial Infections Middle Aged Thailand biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Vibrio Infectious Diseases Aeromonas Child Preschool Vibrio Infections Parasitology Vibrio parahaemolyticus medicine.symptom Bacteria |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 34:547-554 |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| DOI: | 10.4269/ajtmh.1985.34.547 |
| Popis: | The incidence of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), Shigella, Aeromonas, and Vibrio was determined in patients with diarrhea seen at a hospital in northeastern Thailand, and compared with the incidence of these bacteria in household contacts and their neighbors. ETEC was identified in 17%, Shigella in 9%, Aeromonas in 9%, V. parahaemolyticus in 5%, and non-01 V. cholerae in 2% of 299 patients with diarrhea. These five species of bacteria were isolated more often from patients with diarrhea than persons without diarrhea (P less than 0.001). ETEC was found more often in household contacts (22/141) and neighbors (18/147) of index cases than in persons living in homes not associated with ETEC infections (32/1,318; P less than 0.001). While Shigella was isolated less often in family contacts (3/76) and neighbors (4/93) of patients with shigellosis, this enteric pathogen was also isolated more often from contacts than persons not associated with Shigella infection (13/1,437; P less than 0.001). Both Aeromonas and non-01 V. cholerae can also be enteric pathogens; further efforts should be made to define the enteropathogenicity of these bacteria. |
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