Abstract:Objective To investigate the epidemic features and molecular typing of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) from children in a sentinel hospital in Zhengzhou City, and to provide a basis for scientific prevention and control of DEC infection in children in future. Methods We collected 230 stool samples of diarrhea children and 187 stool samples of non-diarrhea children for routine bacterial culture in 2020. The virulence genes of DEC were detected by multiplex PCR, and pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used for molecular typing. Results The detection rates of DEC in the diarrhea and non-diarrhea children were 8.26% (19/230) and 14.97% (28/187), respectively. The most common pathogen in the diarrhea children was typical enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (tEAEC) (3.48%), followed by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) (2.61%), atypical enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (aEAEC) (2.17%) and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) (0.43%). The most common pathogen in the non-diarrhea children was aEAEC (8.02%), followed by tEAEC (4.28%), EPEC (3.74%) and ETEC (0.53%). Among the diarrhea children, the detection rate of DEC from mucus stool was higher than that from loose stool (χ2=47.332, P<0.001), and no statistically significant difference was found in the detection rate in different genders and different age groups. 46 strains of DEC were divided into 44 bands, with the highest similarity of 100% and the lowest similarity of 24.54%. No consistent bands were detected between the diarrhea children and the non-diarrhea children. Conclusion The dominant types of DEC in the diarrhea and non-diarrhea children in Zhengzhou City were tEAEC, aEAEC and EPEC, suggesting that DEC was an opportunistic pathogen. PFGE of the common types of DEC showed highly polymorphic, and no homologous clones were found between the diarrhea and non-diarrhea children.
周鹏, 安戈, 李羿, 赵雪蕾, 张晓甍, 牛卫东. 2020年郑州某哨点医院儿童致泻性大肠埃希菌流行特征及分子分型分析[J]. 实用预防医学, 2022, 29(3): 261-264.
ZHOU Peng, AN Ge, LI Yi, ZHAO Xue-lei, ZHANG Xiao-meng, NIU Wei-dong. Epidemic characteristics and molecular typing of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli from children in a sentinel hospital in Zhengzhou, 2020. , 2022, 29(3): 261-264.