Occurrence of Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene-carrying strains in Germany and the United States

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作者
Claros, MC
Claros, ZC
Tang, YJ
Cohen, SH
Silva, J
Goldstein, EJC
Rodloff, AC
机构
[1] Univ Leipzig, Inst Med Microbiol & Infect Epidemiol, D-7010 Leipzig, Germany
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Internal Med, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[3] RM Alden Res Lab, Santa Monica, CA USA
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10.1128/JCM.38.5.1996-1997.2000
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Ninety-three Bacteroides fragilis isolates from different geographic locations were analyzed for the presence of an enterotoxin-encoding gene. It was shown that blood culture isolates were more likely to carry this gene than strains from other sources. All enterotoxin-positive strains belonged to the PCR fingerprint group I.
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页码:1996 / 1997
页数:2
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