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Flávio Krzyzanowsky1, Mario J Avila-Campos.
Abstract
Non-enterotoxigenic bacteria of the Bacteroides fragilis group and enterotoxigenic B. fragilis were identified from children with and without aqueous acute diarrhea. In this study, 170 stool samples from 96 children with and 74 without diarrhea were analyzed. Enterotoxin production and the toxin gene detection were detected by cytotoxicity assay on HT-29/C1 cells and by PCR, respectively. B. fragilis species was prevalent in both groups and enterotoxigenic B. fragilis strains were isolated from two children with diarrhea. More studies are important to evaluate the role of each bacteria of the B. fragilis group, including enterotoxigenic strains play in the diarrheal processes in children.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14502352 DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652003000400010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo ISSN: 0036-4665 Impact factor: 1.846