Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene sequences in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Prindiville, T. P. ; Sheikh, R. A. ; Cohen, S. H. ; Tang, Y. J. ; Cantrell, M. C. ; Silva, J.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Bacteroides Fragilis Bacteroides Infections Case-Control Studies Child DNA, Bacterial Enterotoxins Feces Female Genes, Bacterial Humans Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Male Metalloendopeptidases Middle Aged

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 6(2):171-174.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:72a794be60f7a111ff776aeaa9870161828b72a9cad7d54636b363e41081758d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14962/cdc_14962_DS1.pdf
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