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. 1983 Feb;39(2):586–589. doi: 10.1128/iai.39.2.586-589.1983

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Serotypes and Endemic Diarrhea in Infants

M Regina F Toledo 1, M do Carmo B Alvariza 1, Jayme Murahovschi 2, Sonia R T S Ramos 3, Luiz R Trabulsi 1
PMCID: PMC347992  PMID: 6339384

Abstract

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli serotypes were searched for in feces of 550 children with endemic diarrhea and in 129 controls, in São Paulo, in 1978 and 1979; serotypes O111ab:H−, O111ab:H2, and O119:H6 were significantly associated with diarrhea in children 0 to 5 months old and were the most frequent agents of diarrhea in this age group as compared with enterotoxigenic and enteroinvasive E. coli, Salmonella sp., Shigella sp., and Yersinia enterocolitica. It is concluded that various enteropathogenic E. coli serotypes may be agents of endemic infantile diarrhea.

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