Plesiomonas shigelloides infection, Ecuador, 2004-2008

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Feb;18(2):322-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1802.110562.

Abstract

Diarrheal risk associated with Plesiomonas shigelloides infection was assessed in rural communities in northwestern Ecuador during 2004-2008. We found little evidence that single infection with P. shigelloides is associated with diarrhea but stronger evidence that co-infection with rotavirus causes diarrhea.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coinfection / epidemiology*
  • Coinfection / microbiology
  • Coinfection / virology
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Diarrhea / virology
  • Ecuador / epidemiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / virology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Plesiomonas / isolation & purification*
  • Prevalence
  • Rotavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Rotavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Rotavirus Infections / microbiology
  • Rotavirus Infections / virology