Search for Cytolethal Distending Toxin Production among Fecal Escherichia ColiIsolates from Brazilian Children with Diarrhea and without Diarrhea

Autor: Marques, Lilian R. M., Tavechio, Ana T., Abe, Ceci´lia M., Gomes, Ta^nia A. T.
Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Microbiology; May 2003, Vol. 41 Issue: 5 p2206-2208, 3p
Abstrakt: ABSTRACTThe enteropathogenic role of cytolethal distending toxin-producing Escherichia coliwas investigated by searching sequences homologous to the cdtgenes of an O86 strain among 2,074 isolates from 200 children with acute diarrhea and 200 controls in Brazil. Only one (0.5%) diarrheic child and two (1.0%) nondiarrheic controls harbored cdt-positive isolates.
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