PMID- 7659237
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19951005
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 0026-4075 (Print)
IS  - 0026-4075 (Linking)
VI  - 160
IP  - 7
DP  - 1995 Jul
TI  - A survey of enteropathogens among United States military personnel during 
      Operation Bright Star '94, in Cairo, Egypt.
PG  - 331-4
AB  - Acute gastroenteritis is a potential cause of substantial morbidity in U.S. 
      military personnel during deployment. This study was conducted to evaluate 
      enteric pathogens associated with diarrhea in a U.S. military population on 
      deployment in Cairo, Egypt, during November 1993. Enteric pathogens found to be 
      associated with cases of diarrhea included: enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli 
      (ETEC), 27% (22% heat-stable [ST], 3% heat-labile [LT], and 2% ST/LT producers); 
      Campylobacter spp., 3%; and Salmonella spp. 3%. Other enteric pathogens, namely 
      Shigella, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas, Vibrio spp., Bacillus cereus, and enteric 
      parasites, were not found in any of the 36 patients. Of the 8 patients who were 
      ETEC-positive, three expressed colonization factor antigens (CFA)/II, and two 
      expressed putative colonization factor antigen (PCF) 0159. All of the latter 
      isolates produced ST. ETEC with different surface protein antigens were found to 
      have surface hydrophobicity in the range of 0.2 M to greater than 2.0 M. Plasmid 
      profiles of the ETEC strains showed no correlation with toxin production. In 
      vitro susceptibility testing of the ETEC strain showed that 32% of the strains 
      were resistant to three or more antimicrobial agents, whereas 24% showed 100% 
      susceptibility. The enteropathogens tested were susceptible to norfloxacin, 
      ciprofloxacin, and nalidixic acid, suggesting that the quinolones might be useful 
      for the treatment of diarrheic patients.
FAU - Oyofo, B A
AU  - Oyofo BA
AD  - Enteric Microbiology Branch, United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, 
      (NAMRU-3), USA.
FAU - el-Gendy, A
AU  - el-Gendy A
FAU - Wasfy, M O
AU  - Wasfy MO
FAU - el-Etr, S H
AU  - el-Etr SH
FAU - Churilla, A
AU  - Churilla A
FAU - Murphy, J
AU  - Murphy J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - England
TA  - Mil Med
JT  - Military medicine
JID - 2984771R
SB  - IM
MH  - Aeromonas/isolation & purification
MH  - Campylobacter/isolation & purification
MH  - Diarrhea/*microbiology
MH  - Egypt
MH  - Enterobacteriaceae/isolation & purification
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Military Personnel
MH  - United States/ethnology
EDAT- 1995/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 1995/07/01 00:01
CRDT- 1995/07/01 00:00
PHST- 1995/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1995/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1995/07/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mil Med. 1995 Jul;160(7):331-4.