John B Ochieng, Helen Powell, Ciara E Sugerman, Richard Omore, Billy Ogwel, Jane Juma, Alex O Awuor, Samba O Sow, Doh Sanogo, Uma Onwuchekwa, Adama Mamby Keita, Awa Traoré, Henry Badji, M Jahangir Hossain, Joquina Chiquita M Jones, Irene N Kasumba, Dilruba Nasrin, Anna Roose, Yuanyuan Liang, Leslie P Jamka, Martin Antonio, James A Platts-Mills, Jie Liu, Eric R Houpt, Eric D Mintz, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Clayton O Onyango, Nancy Strockbine, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Jennifer R Verani, Sharon M Tennant, Karen L Kotloff
BACKGROUND: To address knowledge gaps regarding diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) in Africa, we assessed the clinical and epidemiological features of enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) positive children with moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in Mali, The Gambia, and Kenya. METHODS: Between May 2015 and July 2018, children aged 0-59 months with medically attended MSD and matched controls without diarrhea were enrolled...
April 19, 2023: Clinical Infectious Diseases