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Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003

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Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Serotype O126:H27, Israel

Gila Shazberg*, Moshe Wolk†1Comments to Author , Herbert Schmidt‡, Iancu Sechter†, Giora Gottesman§, and Dan Miron¶
Author affiliations: *Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel; †Ministry of Health Central Laboratories, Jerusalem, Israel; ‡Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universitaet, Dresden, Germany; §Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel; ¶Haemek Medical Center, Afula, Israel; 1Drs. Shazberg and Wolk contributed equally to this paper.

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Table 1

Bacteriologic parameters and clinical signs of children with Escherichia coli 0126:H27a

No. Age (mo) EAEC-PCR Phage sensitivity ST Diarrhea (days) Dehydration IV fluid Vomit Fever Concomitant
clinical findings
1
 6
 +
 +
 -
 + (12)
 +
 +
 +
 + 39
2
 1.5
 +
 +
 -
 + (40)
 +
 +
 -
 -
 Malabsorption, prolonged diarrhea
3
 5
 +
 +
 -
 + (4)
 +
 +
 +
 + 40
4
 2
 +
 +
 -
 + (4)
 +
 +
 +
 -
5
 15
 +
 +
 -
 + (2)
 +
 +
 +
 + 40
6
 21
 +
 +
 -
 + (4)
 +
 +
 +
 + 39
 Tonsillitis
7
 18
 +
 +
 -
 + (1)
 -
 -
 -
 -
8
 16
 +
 +
 -
 +(9)
 +
 +
 -
 +39
 Otitis
9
 11
 +
 +
 -
 + (8)
 +
 +
 -
 +40
 Tonsillitis
10
 16
 +
 +
 -
 + (9)
 +
 +
 +
 +40
11
 15
 +
 +
 -
 + (7)
 -
 +
 -
 +39
 UTI
12
 1
 +
 +
 +
 +(2)
 +
 +
 -
 -
13
 15
 +
 +
 +
 +(6)
 -
 +
 -
 +40
 Tonsillitis
leukocytosis
14
 1.5
 +
 NT
 +
 + (5)
 -
 +
 -
 +38.7
 Meningitis
15
 6
 +
 NT
 +
 +(1)
 +
 +
 +
 +40
16
 1 week
 -
 -
 +
 +(6)
 +
 +
 -
 -
17 9 - - + + (5) + + + +40

aEAEC, enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; ST, heat-stable toxin; UTI, urinary tract infections; NT, not tested.

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