Navegando por Palavras-chave "Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)"

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    Diarréia aguda grave associada à Escherichia coli enteropatogênica clássica (EPEC): características clínicas e perdas fecais em lactentes hospitalizados
    (Associação Médica Brasileira, 1997-12-01) Oliva, C.a.g. [UNIFESP]; Scaletsky, Isabel Cristina Affonso [UNIFESP]; Morais, Mauro Batista de [UNIFESP]; Fagundes Neto, U. [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains are the most prevalent enteropathogenic agents isolated in the stools of hospitalized infants with severe acute diarrhea in São Paulo. These microorganisms induce a severe intestinal secretion of fluids and electrolytes that can cause dehydration leading to hospital admission in the majority of the cases. OBJECTIVES. This investigation aims at the following objectives: 1) to study the clinical features of acute diarrhea in male infants who were hospitalized owing to EPEC infection; 2) to determine the fecal fluid losses, formula intake and variation of the body weight during the evolution of the disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS. Thirty eight male infants with acute diarrhea due to EPEC strains were studied. The clinical and epidemiological features of the patients were recorded and the different EPEC serogroups were identified. The infants were kept in a metabolic bed in order to allow the collection of stools and urine separately during the whole period of the disease, and daily metabolic balances were also obtained. The mean duration of the metabolic study was 5.8 days, and during this period of time 220 daily metabolic balances were accumulated and analyzed. RESULTS. The main clinical features of the studied group were as follows: age below 12 months; low birth weight; precocious weaning; severe protein-calorie malnutrition. EPEC O111 was the most frequent serogroup identified, present in 68.4% of the infants. The average daily fecal fluid losses were 66 ml/kg and the mean daily formula intake was 85.2 ml/kg. Cow's milk was the most precocious food utilized and the infants who received cow's milk feeding presented the largest stool losses in comparison with lactose free formulas and total parenteral nutrition. CONCLUSION. EPEC strains are able to induce moderate to severe fecal fluid losses in infants and the duration of diarrhea is usually below 15 days, although in several circumstances diarrhea can show a protracted evolution owing to food intolerance associated or not with intestinal secretion.
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    Typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli bacterial translocation associated with tissue hypoperfusion in rats
    (Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2011-10-01) Liberatore, A.m.a. [UNIFESP]; Moreira, F.c. [UNIFESP]; Gomes, Tania Aparecida Tardelli [UNIFESP]; Díaz, José Luis Menchaca [UNIFESP]; Koh, Ivan Hong Jun [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    Although enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) are well-recognized diarrheal agents, their ability to translocate and cause extraintestinal alterations is not known. We investigated whether a typical EPEC (tEPEC) and an atypical EPEC (aEPEC) strain translocate and cause microcirculation injury under conditions of intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Bacterial translocation (BT) was induced in female Wistar-EPM rats (200-250 g) by oroduodenal catheterization and inoculation of 10 mL 10(10) colony forming unit (CFU)/mL, with the bacteria being confined between the duodenum and ileum with ligatures. After 2 h, mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN), liver and spleen were cultured for translocated bacteria and BT-related microcirculation changes were monitored in mesenteric and abdominal organs by intravital microscopy and laser Doppler flow, respectively. tEPEC (N = 11) and aEPEC (N = 11) were recovered from MLN (100%), spleen (36.4 and 45.5%), and liver (45.5 and 72.7%) of the animals, respectively. Recovery of the positive control E. coli R-6 (N = 6) was 100% for all compartments. Bacteria were not recovered from extraintestinal sites of controls inoculated with non-pathogenic E. coli strains HB101 (N = 6) and HS (N = 10), or saline. Mesenteric microcirculation injuries were detected with both EPEC strains, but only aEPEC was similar to E. coli R-6 with regard to systemic tissue hypoperfusion. In conclusion, overgrowth of certain aEPEC strains may lead to BT and impairment of the microcirculation in systemic organs.