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The indelible toll of enteric pathogens: Prevalence, clinical characterization, and seasonal trends in patients with acute community-acquired diarrhea in disenfranchised communities
Osman M, Kassem I, Dabboussi F, Cummings K, Hamze M. The indelible toll of enteric pathogens: Prevalence, clinical characterization, and seasonal trends in patients with acute community-acquired diarrhea in disenfranchised communities. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0282844. PMID: 36913372, PMCID: PMC10010529, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282844.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnteropathogenic E. coliEnteroaggregative Escherichia coliEnterotoxigenic E. coliEnteric pathogensCross-sectional community-based studyAcute community-acquired diarrheaMultivariable logistic regression modelCommon parasitic agentsCommunity-acquired diarrheaCommunity-based studyPublic health challengeLogistic regression modelsGII infectionsAcute diarrheaMiddle-income countriesGastrointestinal PanelDiarrheic patientsEnteric infectionsOverall prevalenceRisk factorsStool samplesClinical characterizationETEC infectionDiarrheal diseaseEtiologic agent
2020
Endocannabinoids Attenuate the Virulence of Certain Enteropathogenic Bacteria
Osman M, Papon N, Weill F. Endocannabinoids Attenuate the Virulence of Certain Enteropathogenic Bacteria. Trends In Microbiology 2020, 29: 185-187. PMID: 33388214, DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.12.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndocannabinoid systemInflammatory bowel diseaseIntestinal bacterial infectionsMammalian endocannabinoid systemBowel diseaseEnteric infectionsIntestinal infectionsLipid hormonesGastrointestinal physiologyBacterial infectionsEnteropathogenic bacteriaInfectionPromising targetPossible benefitsNew findingsDiseaseMiceHormoneImmunityCannabinoids