Age-specific prevalence of diffusely adherent in Brazilian children with acute diarrhoea Free

Abstract

In a prospective study between February 2003 and June 2004, stool specimens of children less than 2 years of age with diarrhoea (=218) and without diarrhoea (=86), living in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, were examined for the presence of diarrhoeagenic . isolates were tested by colony blot hybridization with specific DNA probes designed to detect EPEC, ETEC, EIEC, EAEC, DAEC and EHEC/STEC. Diarrhoeagenic strains were detected as the sole pathogen in stools of 92 (30.3 %) children, including 72 (33.0 %) with diarrhoea and 20 (23.2 %) without diarrhoea. DAEC was the most frequent pathotype and was found significantly more often from patients (18.3 %) than from controls (8.1 %) (<0.05), particularly among children more than 1 year of age (=0.01). Atypical EPEC and EAEC isolates were isolated from both patients (5.5 % and 4.6 %, respectively) and controls (6.9 % and 6.9 %, respectively). ETEC was more frequently isolated from patients (3.2 %) than controls (1.2 %). Typical EPEC (0.9 %) and EIEC (0.4 %) isolates were detected only in children with diarrhoea. In conclusion, our data suggest that DAEC should be considered potential pathogens in the region of Brazil studied.

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