Both enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and an obligate intracellular bacterium, previously referred to as an intracellular Campylobacter-like organism and now designated Lawsonia intracellularis, have been reported as causes of enterocolitis in rabbits. An outbreak of enterocolitis in a group of rabbits, characterized by an unusually high rate of mortality, was found to be associated wit...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains can be detected by serogrouping and the presence of enterocyte attaching- effacing (eae) gene. Most EPEC strains belong to a certain O antigenic group. Locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) Pathogenicity Island contains the eae gene and secretory proteins (ESPs) that introduce the attaching-effacing lesion. LEE inserted i...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Multidrug-resistant enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is responsible for a large number of cases of infantile diarrhoea in developing countries, causing failure in treatment with consequent health burden and resulting in a large number of deaths every year. This study was undertaken to determine the proportion of typical and atypical EPEC in under five children wi...

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) are related intestinal pathogens that harbor highly similar pathogenicity islands known as the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE). Despite their genetic similarity, these two pathogens disrupt epithelial tight junction barrier function with distinct kinetics. EHEC-induced reduction in transepithelial electrical resi...

Background: It is well known that the herbs have therapeutic efficacy against infectious agents including bacterial ones. In current study, antibacterial activities of methanolic extracts nine were evaluated resistant enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) using disc diffusion method. Methods: Isolation and identification EPEC was done by standard bacteriological methods PCR assays. Sensitivity isolat...

background infectious diarrhoeal diseases cause major problems throughout the world and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality. enteropathogenic escherichia coli (epec) may cause infantile diarrhoea among children in developing countries. objectives the aim of this study was to define the prevalence of epec strains in raw milk samples. materials and methods raw milk samples co...

Los programas parentales tempranos son conocidos como una de las estrategias más eficaces para aliviar algunas consecuencias negativas los problemas conductuales infantiles. A pesar que se han creado diversas intervenciones familiares, todavía existen limitaciones necesitan superarse. Empoderando Padres, Comunidades (EPEC) es un programa parental basado en la evidencia, con el objetivo principa...

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) are diarrheagenic pathogens that colonize the gut through the formation of attaching and effacing lesions, which depend on the translocation of effector proteins via a locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded type III secretion system. Recently, two effector proteins, EspJ and TccP, which are encoded by adjacent genes o...

First described in 1885, Escherichia coli gradually achieved recognition as a cause of diarrhoea. Strains of E. coli which belonged to a limited number of O-serogroups and had been associated with outbreaks of diarrhoea in hospitalised children were designated 'enteropathogenic' E. coli (EPEC) to distinguish them from E. coli strains that cause other types of infection. The discovery that some ...

The production of a characteristic intestinal histopathology called attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is a major characteristic of EPEC pathogenesis. We previously identified a chromosomal gene (eae) of EPEC necessary for the production of A/E lesions on human tissue culture cells. Using antiserum raised to an Eae-PhoA fusion protein, we found that...