Diarrheagenic escherichia coli in children from uruguay, Colombia and peru

Gustavo Varela; Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte; Theresa Ochoa

doi:10.2174/978160805192211001010209

Diarrheagenic escherichia coli in children from uruguay, Colombia and peru

Gustavo Varela
, Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte
, Theresa Ochoa

School of Medicine

Universidad de la República
University of Iowa College of Medicine

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Abstract

The diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC) are important agents of acute and persistent diarrhea in children from Uruguay, Colombia and Peru. The relative importance of each pathotype (and its variants) is variable, and may be attributed to different factors, such as age of children and socioeconomic level, type of study, and laboratory methodology used in each country. However, within the DEC group the most common agents are enterotoxigenic E. coli, enteropathogenic E. coli and enteroaggregative E. coli. Further studies are needed, mainly in food and animal reservoirs, in order to better define the transmission and the local and regional epidemiology of these important diarrheal agents.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Pathogenic Escherichia coli in Latin America
Publisher	Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Pages	209-222
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9781608055715
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2174/978160805192211001010209
State	Published - 2010

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