Enteroadherent eaeA-Positive Escherichia coli Associated with Chronic AIDS-Related Diarrhea
Authors: John H. Hii
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1996)

Letters15 September 1996Enteroadherent eaeA-Positive Escherichia coli Associated with Chronic AIDS-Related DiarrheaJohn H. Hii, MD, John G. Guccion, MD, and Cynthia L. Gilbert, MDJohn H. Hii, MDGeorge Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007Search for more papers by this author, John G. Guccion, MDGeorge Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007Search for more papers by this author, and Cynthia L. Gilbert, MDGeorge Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-125-6-199609150-00040 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Chronic diarrhea is a substantial contributor to morbidity in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Even after extensive evaluation, a pathogen often cannot be identified [1]. Recent studies of patients with diarrhea associated with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome have described histopathologic findings of enteroadherent bacteria that produced attaching and effacing (AE) lesions on the intestinal cell [2, 3]. Such lesions are virulent characteristics expressed by the chromosomally encoded eaeA gene cluster of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC). None of the bacteria recovered in these studies carried the eaeA gene [2, 3].We report the isolation of an ...References1. Bartlett JG, Belitsos PC, Sears CL. AIDS enteropathy. Clin Infect Dis. 1992; 15:726-35. Google Scholar2. Kotler DP, Orenstein JM. Chronic diarrhea and malabsorption associated with enteropathogenic bacterial infection in a patient with AIDS. Ann Intern Med. 1993; 119:127-8. Google Scholar3. Kotler DP, Giang TT, Thiim M, Nataro JP, Sordillo EM, Orenstein JM. Chronic bacterial enteropathy in patient with AIDS. J Infect Dis. 1995; 171:552-8. Google Scholar4. Law D. Adhesion and its role in the virulence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1994; 7:152-73. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBacterial GastroenteritisGut Infections: Etiopathogenetic and Clinical RemarksIdentification of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Infant and Adult Rhesus MacaquesAGENTS OF DIARRHEA 15 September 1996Volume 125, Issue 6Page: 523KeywordsBacteriaBiopsyChronic diarrheaDiarrheaEscherichia coliLesionsPathogensProspective studiesUlcersWeight loss ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 15 September 1996 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1996 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...