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Detection and characterization of verotoxin-producing strains among sorbitol non-fermenting Escherichia coli.
Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit - 1 Jan 2000
Jafari A, Katouli M, Shokouhi F, Bouzari S
Abstract excerpt
The presence of genes for verotoxin 1 and 2 (VT1 and 2) among sorbitol non-fermenting Escherichia coli isolates from diarrhoeal cases was assessed using polymerase chain reaction assay. Of 60 (88%) positive isolates, 37 (62%) harboured VT1 and 23 (38%) both VT1 and VT2. In HeLa cell adherence assay, 48 (71%) isolates exhibited mannose-resistant adherence to HeLa cells. Multidrug resistance was observed in 56...
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