Identification of a hybrid atypical enteropathogenic and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (aEPEC/EAEC) clone of serotype O3:H2 associated with a diarrheal outbreak in Brazil | Zendy

Daiany R. P. de Lira | Zendy; Adriene Maria Ferreira Cavalcanti | Zendy; Sandra R. S. Pinheiro | Zendy; Henrique Orsi | Zendy; Luís Fernando dos Santos | Zendy; Rodrigo T. Hernandes | Zendy

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Identification of a hybrid atypical enteropathogenic and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (aEPEC/EAEC) clone of serotype O3:H2 associated with a diarrheal outbreak in Brazil

Author(s) -

Daiany R. P. de Lira,

Adriene Maria Ferreira Cavalcanti,

Sandra R. S. Pinheiro,

Henrique Orsi,

Luís Fernando dos Santos,

Rodrigo T. Hernandes

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

brazilian journal of microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1678-4405

pISSN - 1517-8382

DOI - 10.1007/s42770-021-00580-6

Subject(s) - enteroaggregative escherichia coli , enteropathogenic escherichia coli , serotype , outbreak , microbiology and biotechnology , clone (java method) , virulence , virology , biology , diarrhea , escherichia coli , enterobacteriaceae , medicine , gene , genetics

Enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enteroaggregative (EAEC) Escherichia coli are two of the major pathotypes of diarrheagenic E. coli causing disease worldwide. Here, we report a diarrheal outbreak caused by E. coli of serotype O3:H2, harboring virulence markers from EPEC (eae) and/or EAEC (aggR). This is likely the first E. coli diarrheal outbreak caused by a hybrid atypical-EPEC/EAEC clone reported in Brazil.

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