| Literature DB >> 17166747 |
Viviane Nakano1, Tânia A T Gomes, Mônica A M Vieira, Rita de Cássia Ferreira, Mario Julio Avila-Campos.
Abstract
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) strains are associated with diarrhea disease in farm animals and young children. In this study, the bft gene subtyping from ETBF strains recovered from one immunodeficient and two immunocompetent children with diarrhea were determined. Thirteen ETBF strains were isolated and by using a multiplex-PCR their bft subtypes were determined. All 13 ETBF strains harbored the bft-1 subtype and by AP-PCR they were clustered in the same group I. This study shows that ETBF strains can be present in acute diarrhea and that bft-1 subtype is often present in these organisms. However, further studies are needed to evaluate the role of this bft-1 subtype in the pathogenesis of diarrhea.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 17166747 DOI： 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2006.10.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anaerobe ISSN： 1075-9964 Impact factor: 3.331