Escherichia coli

C. Wanke; C. L. Sears

doi:10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00601-8

Escherichia coli

C. Wanke, C. L. Sears

School of Medicine

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Abstract

E. coli are ubiquitous organisms within the human intestine; when these organisms acquire virulence factors and become pathogenic, they are able to produce a variety of diarrheal disease syndromes. Diarrheal disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children under the age of 5 years in the resource-limited world. This article describes case definitions, epidemiology, reservoirs, transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment complications and long-term sequelae, and the prevention and control of the diarrheal illnesses caused by the ETEC/enterotoxigenic E. coli, EPEC /enteropathogenic E. coli, EAEC/enteroaggregative E .coli, STEC/Shiga-toxin producing E. coli, and EIEC/enteroinvasive E. coli. © 2008

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of Public Health
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	452-459
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9780123739605
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00601-8
State	Published - 2008

Keywords

Childhood morbidity
Dehydration
Diarrhea
E. coli
EAEC/Enteroaggregative
EIEC/Enteroinvasive
EPEC/Enteropathogenic
ETEC/Enterotoxigenic
Malnutrition
Mortality
STEC/Shiga-toxin producing
Vaccine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Dentistry
General Medicine

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