The Prevalence of Enterotoxigenic E. Coli Isolated from the Stools of Children Aged 0-10 Years with Diarrhea in Mid-Anatolia Region, Turkey

The stool samples from 245 patients with diarrhea were tested for heat labile toxin (LT) and heat stable toxins (ST) by passive latex agglutination and enzyme immunoassay methods respectively. Twelve (4.9%) enterotoxigenic E. Coli ETEC strains were isolated. Five strains (2%) expressed ST, and 7 (2....

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Autores principales: Işeri, Latife, Zafer Apan, Teoman, Aksoy, Altan, Koç, Figen, Sedef Göçmen, Jülide, Nuristani, Diba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2011
Materias:
Medical Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24031627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822011000100030
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Sumario:The stool samples from 245 patients with diarrhea were tested for heat labile toxin (LT) and heat stable toxins (ST) by passive latex agglutination and enzyme immunoassay methods respectively. Twelve (4.9%) enterotoxigenic E. Coli ETEC strains were isolated. Five strains (2%) expressed ST, and 7 (2.8%) expressed LT.

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