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Prevalence and characteristics of cytolethal distending toxin-producing Escherichia coli from children with diarrhea in Japan.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Apr 2009
Hinenoya Atsushi, Naigita Akira, Ninomiya Keiko, Asakura Masahiro, Shima Kensuke, Seto Kazuko, Tsukamoto Teizo, Ramamurthy T, Faruque Shah M, Yamasaki Shinji
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In the present study, we examined the prevalence and characteristics of CTEC among diarrheal children in Japan during a year-long surveillance study. A PCR-RFLP assay for the detection and differentiation of five types of E. coli cdtB gene (types I through V) was developed, and 362 stool specimens collected from patients reporting to pediatric departments in two hospitals were analyzed. Of the 35 samples (9.7%)...
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