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ArticleAPMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica2013

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli quantification in children stool samples using quantitative PCR.

Ila Fernanda Nunes Lima, Josiane da Silva Quetz, Richard Littleton Guerrant, James P Nataro, Eric R Houpt, Aldo Angelo Moreira Lima, Alexandre Havt

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Article in APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ila Fernanda Nunes LimaInstitute of Biomedicine for Brazilian Semi-Arid (IBISAB) & Clinical Research Unit, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil.
Josiane da Silva Quetz
Richard Littleton Guerrant
James P Nataro
Eric R Houpt
Aldo Angelo Moreira Lima
Alexandre Havt
Center for Global Health · USUniversidade Federal do Ceará · BRUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

RECOGNITION &EXPRESSION OF TROPICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASESU01AI026512 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI GUERRANT, RICHARD L · 1994 to 2014
$8.5M
Virulence in Enteroaggregative Escherichia coliR01AI033096 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI NATARO, JAMES P. · 1996 to 2014
$6.6M
NIAID NIH HHS 2 U01 AI026512NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI033096NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI026512
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is a common cause of infectious diarrhea, especially in children living in poor-resource countries. In this article, we present a SYBR Green-based real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) method for quantitative detection of EAEC in DNA directly extracted from human stool samples. To test the proposed qPCR system, we examined specificity, sensitivity, repeatability, and also the degree of DNA extraction efficiency using EAEC strain 042 spiked into EAEC-free stool sample. The specificity of this assay was proved using six strains of EAEC, seven strains of other E. coli types, and one strain of Shigella. The detection limit of qPCR was 67 CFU/reaction. In naturally infected stool samples, we found EAEC in quantities varying from 6.7 × 10(5) to 2 × 10(9 ) CFU/g of feces. We could not detect any reduction after stool DNA extraction for the amounts of 10(7) and 10(6) CFU/mL of spiked EAEC. This qPCR assay is simple, rapid, reproducible, sensitive, specific, and allows rapid EAEC quantification to be used in a variety of further EAEC studies. This new quantitative method provides a relatively simple means to quantify EAEC, which will likely be key to understanding the pathophysiology and impact of EAEC infection.

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Bacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsChildDNA, BacterialElectrophoresis, Agar GelEscherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli ProteinsFecesHumansReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityAatA protein, E coliBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsDNA, BacterialEscherichia coli Proteins

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PMID23216208
PMCPMC3604144
OpenAlexW2033954433

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