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Enterotoxigenic E coli Infection

MedGen UID:
1681359
•Concept ID:
C4763883
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A pathotype of Escherichia coli, which is a gram-negative bacteria that is transmitted through the fecal-oral route. It has an incubation period of 10-72 hours and a duration of 1-5 days. Symptoms may include acute, occasionally severe diarrhea without fever. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEnterotoxigenic E coli Infection

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Intestinal bacteria and colorectal cancer: etiology and treatment.
Dougherty MW, Jobin C
Gut Microbes 2023 Jan-Dec;15(1):2185028. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2185028. PMID: 36927206Free PMC Article
Management of acute infectious diarrhea for children living in resource-limited settings.
O'Ryan G M, Ashkenazi-Hoffnung L, O'Ryan-Soriano MA, Ashkenazi S
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2014 May;12(5):621-32. Epub 2014 Mar 24 doi: 10.1586/14787210.2014.901168. PMID: 24661314
Prevention and treatment of traveler's diarrhea.
Juckett G
Am Fam Physician 1999 Jul;60(1):119-24, 135-6. PMID: 10414633

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

A rapid test for infectious and inflammatory enteritis.
Miller JR, Barrett LJ, Kotloff K, Guerrant RL
Arch Intern Med 1994 Dec 12-26;154(23):2660-4. doi: 10.1001/archinte.1994.00420230043006. PMID: 7993149

Prognosis

A rapid test for infectious and inflammatory enteritis.
Miller JR, Barrett LJ, Kotloff K, Guerrant RL
Arch Intern Med 1994 Dec 12-26;154(23):2660-4. doi: 10.1001/archinte.1994.00420230043006. PMID: 7993149

Clinical prediction guides

A rapid test for infectious and inflammatory enteritis.
Miller JR, Barrett LJ, Kotloff K, Guerrant RL
Arch Intern Med 1994 Dec 12-26;154(23):2660-4. doi: 10.1001/archinte.1994.00420230043006. PMID: 7993149

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