Tarek Moussa
Professor of Microbiology
Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, 12613 Giza
Molecular Characterization of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli from Libya
- Citation:
- Ali, M. M. M., Z. K. Mohamed, J. D. Klena, S. F. Ahmed, T. A. A. Moussa, and K. S. Ghenghesh, "Molecular Characterization of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli from Libya", American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 86, pp. 866-871, 2012.
Abstract:
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) are important enteric pathogens that cause a wide variety of gastrointestinal diseases, particularly in children. Escherichia coli isolates cultured from 243 diarrheal stool samples obtained from Libyan children and 50 water samples were screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genes characteristic of enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), and enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC). The DEC were detected in 21 (8.6%) children with diarrhea; 10 (4.1%) cases were identified as EAEC, 3 (1.2%) as EPEC, and 8 (3.3%) were ETEC; EHEC, and EIEC were not detected. All DEC were grouped phylogenetically by PCR with the majority (> 70%) identified as phylogenetic groups A and B1. The EAEC isolates were also tested for eight genes associated with virulence using PCR. Multi-virulence (>= 3 virulence factors) was found in 50% of EAEC isolates. Isolated EAEC possessed different virulence traits and belonged to different phylogenetic groups indicating their heterogeneity.
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