Shiga toxin gene-containing Escherichia coli from cattle and diarrheic children in the pastoral systems of southwestern Uganda

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Jan;46(1):352-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01995-07. Epub 2007 Nov 7.

Abstract

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains from cattle and diarrheic children in a pastoralist community in Uganda were investigated. The STEC strains belonged to a variety of different serogroups, and 70% of the strains were positive for the intimin gene, eae. STEC strains from two of the children were closely related to bovine strains.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adhesins, Bacterial / genetics
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / microbiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • Diarrhea / microbiology*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / veterinary*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rural Population
  • Serotyping
  • Shiga Toxin / biosynthesis*
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / classification
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Uganda

Substances

  • Adhesins, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • eaeA protein, E coli
  • Shiga Toxin