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Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli associated with an outbreak of diarrhoea in a neonatal nursery ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

M. Čobeljić ,
B. Miljković-Selimović ,
D. Paunović-Todosijević ,
Z. Veličković ,
Z. Lepšanović ,
N. Zec ,
D. Savić ,
R. Ilić ,
S. Konstantinović  and
B. Jovanović
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M. Čobeljić
Affiliation:
Institute of Preventive Medicine, Military Medical Academy, Crnotravska 17, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
B. Miljković-Selimović
Affiliation:
Public Health Centre, Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia
D. Paunović-Todosijević
Affiliation:
Public Health Centre, Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Z. Veličković
Affiliation:
Public Health Centre, Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Z. Lepšanović
Affiliation:
Institute of Preventive Medicine, Military Medical Academy, Crnotravska 17, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
N. Zec
Affiliation:
Institute of Preventive Medicine, Military Medical Academy, Crnotravska 17, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
D. Savić
Affiliation:
University Clinic Centre, Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia
R. Ilić
Affiliation:
University Clinic Centre, Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia
S. Konstantinović
Affiliation:
University Clinic Centre, Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia
B. Jovanović
Affiliation:
University Clinic Centre, Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia
V. Kostić
Affiliation:
University Clinic Centre, Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia
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Over a 9-day period in February 1995, 16 newborn babies (age range 2–11 days) and 3 infants (24, 47 and 180 days of age) in a neonatal nursery ward developed diarrhoea accompanied by pyrexia and weight loss. Known enteropathogens were not detected in their stools but Escherichia coli displaying aggregative adherence to HEp-2 cells (enteroaggregative E. coli) were found in 12 (63%) ill infants and in none of 5 well neonates (P = 0·02). The illness lasted 3–9 days (mean 5·2) in 16 babies, whereas in 3 neonates it showed a protracted course of 18–20 days. The source of infection and the mode of transmission remained unclear. The outbreak isolates manifested properties common in this new group of diarrhoeagenic E. coli: mannose-resistant haemagglutination, haemolysis on blood agar, and clump formation in liquid culture medium. They belonged to the O4 E. coli serogroup and expressed multiple antibiotic resistance.

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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 117 , Issue 1 , August 1996 , pp. 11 - 16
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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