Microbiota that affect risk for shigellosis in children in low-income countries
| Title | Microbiota that affect risk for shigellosis in children in low-income countries |
| Publication Type | Journal Articles |
| Year of Publication | 2015 |
| Authors | Lindsay B., Oundo J., Hossain M.A, Antonio M., Tamboura B., Walker A.W, Paulson J.N, Parkhill J., Omore R., Faruque A.S, Das S.K, Ikumapayi U.N, Adeyemi M., Sanogo D., Saha D., Sow S., Farag T.H, Nasrin D., Li S., Panchalingam S., Levine M.M, Kotloff K., Magder L.S, Hungerford L., Sommerfelt H., Pop M., Nataro J.P, Stine O.C |
| Journal | Emerg Infect DisEmerg Infect Dis |
| Volume | 21 |
| Pagination | 242-50 |
| Date Published | Feb |
| ISBN Number | 1080-6059 (Electronic)<br/>1080-6040 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 25625766 |
| Abstract | Pathogens in the gastrointestinal tract exist within a vast population of microbes. We examined associations between pathogens and composition of gut microbiota as they relate to Shigella spp./enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infection. We analyzed 3,035 stool specimens (1,735 nondiarrheal and 1,300 moderate-to-severe diarrheal) from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study for 9 enteropathogens. Diarrheal specimens had a higher number of enteropathogens (diarrheal mean 1.4, nondiarrheal mean 0.95; p |