Epidemiology of Enteroaggregative, Enteropathogenic, and Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Among Children Aged <5 Years in 3 Countries in Africa, 2015-2018 : Vaccine Impact on Diarrhea in Africa (VIDA) Study

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

BACKGROUND: To address knowledge gaps regarding diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) in Africa, we assessed the clinical and epidemiological features of enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) positive children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in Mali, The Gambia, and Kenya.

METHODS: Between May 2015 and July 2018, children aged 0-59 months with medically attended MSD and matched controls without diarrhea were enrolled. Stools were tested conventionally using culture and multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and by quantitative PCR (qPCR). We assessed DEC detection by site, age, clinical characteristics, and enteric coinfection.

RESULTS: Among 4840 children with MSD and 6213 matched controls enrolled, 4836 cases and 1 control per case were tested using qPCR. Of the DEC detected with TAC, 61.1% were EAEC, 25.3% atypical EPEC (aEPEC), 22.4% typical EPEC (tEPEC), and 7.2% STEC. Detection was higher in controls than in MSD cases for EAEC (63.9% vs 58.3%, P < .01), aEPEC (27.3% vs 23.3%, P < .01), and STEC (9.3% vs 5.1%, P < .01). EAEC and tEPEC were more frequent in children aged <23 months, aEPEC was similar across age strata, and STEC increased with age. No association between nutritional status at follow-up and DEC pathotypes was found. DEC coinfection with Shigella/enteroinvasive E. coli was more common among cases (P < .01).

CONCLUSIONS: No significant association was detected between EAEC, tEPEC, aEPEC, or STEC and MSD using either conventional assay or TAC. Genomic analysis may provide a better definition of the virulence factors associated with diarrheal disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 76(2023), 76 Suppl1 vom: 19. Apr., Seite S77-S86

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ochieng, John B [VerfasserIn]
Powell, Helen [VerfasserIn]
Sugerman, Ciara E [VerfasserIn]
Omore, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Ogwel, Billy [VerfasserIn]
Juma, Jane [VerfasserIn]
Awuor, Alex O [VerfasserIn]
Sow, Samba O [VerfasserIn]
Sanogo, Doh [VerfasserIn]
Onwuchekwa, Uma [VerfasserIn]
Keita, Adama Mamby [VerfasserIn]
Traoré, Awa [VerfasserIn]
Badji, Henry [VerfasserIn]
Hossain, M Jahangir [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Joquina Chiquita M [VerfasserIn]
Kasumba, Irene N [VerfasserIn]
Nasrin, Dilruba [VerfasserIn]
Roose, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Jamka, Leslie P [VerfasserIn]
Antonio, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Platts-Mills, James A [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Houpt, Eric R [VerfasserIn]
Mintz, Eric D [VerfasserIn]
Hunsperger, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Onyango, Clayton O [VerfasserIn]
Strockbine, Nancy [VerfasserIn]
Widdowson, Marc-Alain [VerfasserIn]
Verani, Jennifer R [VerfasserIn]
Tennant, Sharon M [VerfasserIn]
Kotloff, Karen L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diarrheagenic E. coli
EAEC
EPEC
Journal Article
Pediatric diarrhea
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
STEC

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Date Completed 21.04.2023

Date Revised 22.04.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciad035

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355782774