The Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology (대한미생물학회지)

The Korea Society for Microbiology (대한미생물학회)
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Further Studies on Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Serotypes Associated with Infantile Diarrhea in Korea

장 병원성 대장균(Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli)의 소아 설사 원인균으로서의 재평가

  • Yang, Ahn-Sung (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Hee (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Han, Wang-Soo (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
  • Suh, Inn-Soo (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
  • 양안승 (한양대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실) ;
  • 김경희 (한양대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실) ;
  • 한왕수 (한양대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실) ;
  • 서인수 (한양대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실)
  • Published : 1987.06.30
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Abstract

The role of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli(EPEC) was evaluated in a group of children with endemic diarrhea admitted to Hanyang University Hospital in Seoul, Korea. EPEC was detected in fecal samples of 23% of 100 cases and 4.5% of 44 concurrent control children. The most commonly isolated EPBC strains were serogroups $O_{18a}O_{18c}:K_{77},\;O_{86a}:K_{61},\;O_{119}:K_{69},\;and\;O_{128}:K_{70}$. On testing for enterotoxin production, 6(26%) strains were isolated from 17% of the 100 diarrheal children and in 4.5% of the 44 well controls(P<0.05). Our study supports the concept that EPEC may be an important cause of endemic diarrheas in Korea.

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