Cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt)-producing Escherichia coli isolated from a child with bloody diarrhea in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-438

  Hinenoya, Atsushi ^a   Nagita, Akira ^b   Asakura, Masahiro ^a   Tsukamoto, Teizo ^a,c   Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan ^d   Nair, Gopinath Balakrish ^e   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^f   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Mizushima Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^f Cine Science Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bloody diarrhea; Cdt; Cytolethal distending toxin; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CDT1 GENE; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34247386765     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2007.tb03917.x     Document Type: Article

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