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Virulence and phylogenetic analysis of enteric pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from children with diarrhoea in South Africa

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العنوان: Virulence and phylogenetic analysis of enteric pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from children with diarrhoea in South Africa
المؤلفون: Ntando W. Alfinete, John Y. Bolukaoto, Lee Heine, Natasha Potgieter, Tobias G. Barnard
المصدر: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 114, Iss , Pp 226-232 (2022)
بيانات النشر: Elsevier, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases
مصطلحات موضوعية: Escherichia coli, 11-plex PCR, Phylogroups, Quadruplex PCR, Virulence genes, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
الوصف: ABSTRACT: Background: : Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli pose a significant risk to human health. As such, determining the source(s) of these bacteria when isolated from patients with diarrhoea is an important step in disease prevention. Objectives: : To identify the presence of genes coding for virulence and phylogroups among E. coli isolated from children hospitalized due to diarrhoea in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Methods: : E. coli isolates were identified using the VITEK-2 automated system. An 11-gene multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to differentiate five pathogenic types of E. coli: enteroaggregative (EAEC), enteroinvasive (EIEC), enterohaemorrhagic (EHEC), enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enterotoxigenic (ETEC). The Clermont quadruplex PCR method was used to identify phylogroups of isolates. Results: : From the 133 isolates tested, 79 were confirmed as E. coli. Of these, 19.0% (15/79) were commensals and 81.0% (64/79) were positive for at least one pathotype, of which ETEC was predominant (16.5%, 13/79), followed by EAEC (10.1%, 8/79), EPEC (7.6%, 6/79) and EHEC (2.5%, 2/79). Hybrid pathotypes were also detected and EAEC/ETEC was predominant (25.3%, 20/79). Phylogroup B2 was predominant (30.4%, 24/79), followed by phylogroup B1 (22.8%, 18/79), and phylogroups C and E (both 12.7%, 10/79). Just over 6% (5/79) of isolates were non-typable. Conclusion: : There was a high distribution of diarrhoeagenic E. coli associated with different phylogroups among children living in Limpopo Province, South Africa. This emphasizes the importance of future monitoring of virulence and phylogroup distribution of E. coli isolates in this province in particular and in South Africa as a whole.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1201-9712
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221008626; https://doaj.org/toc/1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.11.017
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/1df1dc67cde54e8985992dcd27d44813
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.1df1dc67cde54e8985992dcd27d44813
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:12019712
DOI:10.1016/j.ijid.2021.11.017