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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2002, p. 3086-3088, Vol. 40, No. 8
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3086-3088.2002
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Unité des Maladies Infectieuses Opportunistes, Institut Pasteur de Bangui,1 Service de Gastroentérologie, Hôpital de l'Amitié,3 Service de Médecine, Hôpital Communautaire, Bangui, Central African Republic,4 Unité d'Epidémiologie, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia,2 Unité de Pathogénie Bactérienne des Muqueuses, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France5
Received 2 January 2002/ Returned for modification 21 March 2002/ Accepted 7 May 2002
In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults from the Central African Republic, the occurrence of chronic diarrhea due to HEp-2 adherent Escherichia coli (EAEC) harboring virulence markers (eaeA, BFP, EAF, astA determinant of EAST/1, positive FAS test, enteropathogenic E. coli O serogroup) was shown to be associated with AIDS. We also show that EAEC that produce verotoxin (Stx2) but do not harbor the genetic markers for classical enterohemorrhagic E. coli are involved in hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic-uremic syndrome in patients with HIV.
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