background and objective: diarrheal disease is still a major health problem, especially in developing countries, where it is considered as one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality especially in children. studies showed that diarrheagenic e. coli (dec) such as stes and epec strains are among the most prevalent causative agents in acute diarrhea, particularly in children. aim of the p...

BACKGROUND Infectious diarrhea causes a major health problem in developing countries with significant morbidity and mortality. Very often, rehydration therapy alone does not suffice, mandating the use of antimicrobial agents. However, rapidly decreasing antimicrobial susceptibility is complicating the matters. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study aimed to determine the prevalent bacterial and para...

Autotransporters are secreted bacterial proteins exhibiting diverse virulence functions. Various autotransporters have been identified among Escherichia coli associated with intestinal or extraintestinal infections; however, the specific distribution of autotransporter sequences among a diversity of E. coli strains has not been investigated. We have validated the use of a multiplex PCR assay to...

Diarrhoeal diseases constitute one of the most important causes of illness and death all over the world. In Nigeria, the epidemiology of diarrheagenic bacteria and the virulence of the various E. coli pathotypes have not been well studied because most of the currently published data were from the southwestern axis leaving the southeast and north unstudied. 520 stool samples were collected from ...

W e have read with interest the Letter to the Editor by Ahmed and Abouzeed reporting on the important issue of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 (EHEC O157) in dairy cattle in Libya (1). Based on two cited references, the authors state that: ‘‘Surveys of diarrheal stools from children in African nations, including Libya, have detected EHEC O157 in 8 15% of the samples’’. One of the cited ...

Bacterial pathogens have been confirmed as the major cause of acute diarrhea among outpatients in China. In this study, 370 stool samples from the patients aged from 15 to 87 years old with diarrhea were collected over 12 months (from May 2016 to April 2017) in two hospitals in Shunyi, Beijing. Bacterial isolation was performed for the common enteric pathogens: Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigel...