Open AccessIdentification 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 Regina Schicariol 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.