Species and serovars of enteropathogenic agents associated with acute diarrheal disease in Rosario, Argentina Espécies e serovariantes de agentes enteropatogênicos associados com diarréia aguda em Rosario, Argentina

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Rodolfo Notario, Noemi Borda, Telma Gambande, Emma Sutich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1996
• Subjects: Acute diarrhea; Enteropathogenic agents-species; Serovars; Rosario; Argentina; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651996000100002; https://doaj.org/article/a292050efa0849849449449a8c641608

We report the most frequent species and serovars of enteropathogenic organisms in Rosario from 1985 to 1993. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli was the most prevalent agent affecting 144/570 (25.2%) children; 0111 represented 41.8%, 055: 13.6%, 0119: 12.7%. Among enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) the mo...