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Volume 68, Issue 7

Epidemiology and genetic screening of diarrheagenic among symptomatic and asymptomatic children Free

Abstract

Enteropathogens are frequently associated with diarrheal disease. Knowledge of their etiology and epidemiology is essential for the prevention and control of the sickness. This study describes the microbiological and epidemiological features of diarrheal disease in 197 symptomatic and 223 asymptomatic under-five-year-old children from southeastern Brazil, between January 2015 and September 2016.

Isolation of , , and was realized by culture. strains were screened by multiplex PCR, PFGE and O:H serotyping. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was also performed.

Most of the 127 enteropathogens isolated were diarrheagenic (96.1 %), with predominance of several serotypes of enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enteroaggregative (EAEC). Age, sex, rotavirus vaccination, recent use of antibiotics and previous contact with pets, were factors that revealed no significant effects on the probability of infection by the predominant pathogens. Even so, higher incomes could be related to a lesser chance of testing positive for EPEC. Evidence of possible EAEC clonal spread was detected, as well as genetic similarity among strains from both symptomatic and asymptomatic children. Resistance to antimicrobial agents was more pronounced among EAEC than EPEC.

The occurrence of genetically similar diarrheagenic in both groups of children, likewise resistant to these agents, underscores the importance of establishing strategies for the prevention of outbreaks, especially among low-income households.

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Keyword(s): asymptomatic , children , diarrheagenic Escherichia coli , epidemiology and symptomatic
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