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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2007, p. 3396-3399, Vol. 45, No. 10
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JCM.00084-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia,1 Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de São Paulo,2 Escola Paulista de Medicina, Fleury Centro de Medicina Diagnóstica, São Paulo, SP, Brazil3
Received 11 January 2007/ Returned for modification 23 February 2007/ Accepted 24 July 2007
A 1-year prospective study was carried out in two large urban centers of São Paulo State, Brazil, to determine the prevalences and roles of the different Escherichia coli pathotypes in children less than 5 years of age with diarrhea presenting to the emergency rooms of public hospitals or visiting private pediatricians' offices. Of the pathotypes sought, typical enteroaggregative and atypical enteropathogenic types of E. coli were isolated for 8.9% and 5.4% of 774 diarrhea cases, respectively, and were found to be dominant and significantly associated with diarrhea.
Published ahead of print on 1 August 2007.
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