Enterobacteria and enteroviruses

Enterobacteria encompass a family of gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria, including many pathogens such as Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Shigella, and others.

Enteroviruses belong to a large group of viruses from the Picornaviridae family, which includes group A and B Coxsackie viruses, echoviruses, and enteroviruses.

These viruses cause septic meningitis, epidemic myalgia, herpangina (blistering laryngitis), herpetic stomatitis with exanthema (hand-foot-and-mouth disease), hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, myocarditis, pericarditis, vesicular (bullous) skin rash, and disseminated neonatal infection. Researchers believe that the latter syndrome triggers the later onset of type 1 diabetes. Often, infections caused by these viruses remain asymptomatic.

Source | Glossary of Most Commonly Used Biomedical Terms and Concepts | Lithuanian University of Health Sciences | Academician Professor Antanas Praškevičius, Professor Laima Ivanovienė