Prevalence of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli among children with gastroenteritis in the northwest of Iran

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Enteroaggregative E. coli, as the Most Common Diarrheagenic E. coli, Associated to Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Iran

“…This study has reported as a higher rate (i.e. as high as 34%) of EAEC among children compared to reports by other studies (11,12); this is due to the fact that we have studied the cases of diarrheal outbreaks while others have looked at sporadic cases of gastroenteritis. Several outbreaks of gastroenteritis due to EAEC have been reported in Japan (16,17), Korea (8), Italy (7), and UK (18).…”

“…EAEC have been considered as a causative agent for diarrhea among sporadic cases across the country both in children and adults (11)(12)(13)(14)(15). The prevalence of EAEC among children with gastroenteritis was reported to be 18.2% in Tabriz (12).…”

Characterization of diarrheagenic E. coli causing a diarrheal outbreak in the south of Iran, Summer 2015

“…Diarrheagenic E. coli has been considered as one of the most common causative agents for diarrhea among sporadic cases across the country both in children and adults [13][14][15][16]. To our knowledge this is the first report of diarrheagenic E. coli as a causative agent of gastroenteritis outbreak in Iran.…”

An overview of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…The prevalence of EAEC in diarrheic samples was 42.8% (15/35), in healthy stool was 25.7% (9/35), in acute diarrhea was 20% (7/35), in UTI was 8.6% (3/35), and in persistent diarrhea was 2.8% (1/35). The percentages of EAEC vary with the geographical location of the patients: 28.3% in Tabriz,[ 22 ] 25.6% in Zanjan,[ 23 ] and 20% in Tehran[ 24 ] [ Appendix 1 and Figure 3 ].…”