| H00280 | |
| H number | H00280 |
| Name | Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infection |
| Description | Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infection is one of the main causes of infantile diarrhea in developing countries and an important etiologic agent for traveler's diarrhea. ETEC strains colonize the small intestine, secrete heat-labile (cholera toxin-like) and heat-stable enterotoxins, and cause watery diarrhea. |
| Category | Bacterial infectious disease |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Escherichia coli O78:H11 [GN:elh] Escherichia coli O139:H28 [GN:ecw] |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | - |
| Comment | - |
| Other DBs | ICD-11: 1A03.1 ICD-10: A04.1 MeSH: D004927 |
| Reference | PMID:16020685 AUTHORS Qadri F, Svennerholm AM, Faruque AS, Sack RB TITLE Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in developing countries: epidemiology, microbiology, clinical features, treatment, and prevention. JOURNAL Clin Microbiol Rev 18:465-83 (2005) DOI:10.1128/CMR.18.3.465-483.2005 PMID:16958845 AUTHORS Turner SM, Scott-Tucker A, Cooper LM, Henderson IR TITLE Weapons of mass destruction: virulence factors of the global killer enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. JOURNAL FEMS Microbiol Lett 263:10-20 (2006) DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00401.x |