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Bacteroides fragilis Enterotoxin Gene Sequences in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

2000; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid0602.000210

1080-6059

Thomas Prindiville, Rafik A. Sheikh, Stuart H. Cohen, Yajarayma J. Tang, Mary C. Cantrell, Joseph Silva,

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

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.