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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-29
pubmed:abstractText
To elucidate the importance of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC) strains as a cause of traveler's diarrhea in Spanish travelers, a prospective case-control 1:1 study was done in a university hospital clinic for travelers. EAggEC strains were isolated from 23 of 165 case-patients and from 4 of 165 controls (P = .0003). In 16 patients, this was the only isolate recovered. Six of the EAggEC-positive isolates from the case-patients and 2 from the controls were positive for the enteroaggregative stable toxin type 1 gene. Other enteropathogens were also isolated. Shigella and enterotoxigenic E. coli strains showed significant differences between cases and controls (P = .0023 and P < .0001, respectively). Geographic distribution of the EAggEC strains was homogeneous, and the clinical symptom, secretory diarrhea, did not differ statistically with that for the enterotoxigenic E. coli strains. EAggEC strains are a cause of secretory diarrhea in Spaniards traveling to developing countries.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
177
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1409-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains as a cause of traveler's diarrhea: a case-control study.
pubmed:affiliation
Servei Microbiologia i Parasitologia, Unitat Epidemiologia, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, School of Medicine, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't