TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of Cytolethal Distending Toxin Locus cdtB with Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Patients with Acute Diarrhea in Calcutta, India
AU - Pandey, Mritunjay
AU - Khan, Asis
AU - Das, Suresh C.
AU - Sarkar, Bhaswati
AU - Kahali, Soumen
AU - Chakraborty, Subhra
AU - Chattopadhyay, Santanu
AU - Yamasaki, Shinji
AU - Takeda, Yoshifumi
AU - Nair, G. Balakrish
AU - Ramamurthy, T.
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - Among Escherichia coli strains isolated from stool specimens from patients with acute diarrhea, 1.4% were found to harbor cdtB by use of enrichment cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) PCR. These isolates were identified as being enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). In a retrospective study using a probe hybridization assay, 6 of 138 EPEC strains were found to harbor the cdtB locus. cdtB-positive isolates mostly belong to the O86a and O127a serogroups, with the former being associated with higher expression of CDT. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles showed that the EPEC strains harboring cdtB strains are genetically diverse.
AB - Among Escherichia coli strains isolated from stool specimens from patients with acute diarrhea, 1.4% were found to harbor cdtB by use of enrichment cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) PCR. These isolates were identified as being enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). In a retrospective study using a probe hybridization assay, 6 of 138 EPEC strains were found to harbor the cdtB locus. cdtB-positive isolates mostly belong to the O86a and O127a serogroups, with the former being associated with higher expression of CDT. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles showed that the EPEC strains harboring cdtB strains are genetically diverse.
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U2 - 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5277-5281.2003
DO - 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5277-5281.2003
M3 - Article
C2 - 14605183
AN - SCOPUS:10744233864
SN - 0095-1137
VL - 41
SP - 5277
EP - 5281
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
IS - 11
ER -