Abstract
We identified enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in stool specimens of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal disorders. The organism was detected in 11 (13.2%) of 83 patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Of 57 patients with active disease, 19.3% were toxin positive; none of those with inactive disease had specimens positive for enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis gene sequences.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 171-174 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Mar 2000 |
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Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene sequences in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. / Prindiville, Thomas P; Sheikh, Rafik A.; Cohen, Stuart H; Tang, Yajarayma J.; Cantrell, Mary C.; Silva, Joseph.
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AU - Silva, Joseph
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N2 - We identified enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in stool specimens of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal disorders. The organism was detected in 11 (13.2%) of 83 patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Of 57 patients with active disease, 19.3% were toxin positive; none of those with inactive disease had specimens positive for enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis gene sequences.
AB - We identified enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in stool specimens of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal disorders. The organism was detected in 11 (13.2%) of 83 patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Of 57 patients with active disease, 19.3% were toxin positive; none of those with inactive disease had specimens positive for enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis gene sequences.
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