Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O80:H2 in Young Calves with Diarrhea, Belgium

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;23(12):2093-2095. doi: 10.3201/eid2312.170450.

Abstract

Serogroup O80 was detected in 40% of 104 enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from calves with diarrhea from 42 farms in Belgium during 2008‒2015. These isolates harbored the eae-ξ and fliCH2 genes, similar to the O80 attaching-effacing Shigatoxigenic E. coli isolates found in humans in France. This strain might be emerging.

Keywords: AE-STEC; Belgium; E. coli; EPEC; Escherichia coli; bacteria; diarrhea; diarrheic calves; eae-ξ gene; enteric infections; enteropathogenic Escherichia coli; farms; serotype O80:H2; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Belgium / epidemiology
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cattle Diseases / microbiology
  • Cattle Diseases / pathology
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Diarrhea / pathology
  • Diarrhea / veterinary*
  • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / classification
  • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / pathogenicity*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / pathology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / veterinary*
  • Farms
  • Genes, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Serogroup
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / classification
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli / pathogenicity
  • Virulence