title: Isolation of urease-positive Vibrio parahaemolyticus from diarrheal patients in northeast Brazil.
abstract: Of 21 human fecal strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, isolated on the Northeast Coast of Brazil, eight (38%) were urease positive. Most of these strains, in contrast to the urease-negative ones, did not produce the hemolysin responsible for the Kanagawa phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Keizo Asami, Universidade Federal de Pemambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Antas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tateno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D014510:Urease / Q000378:metabolism*; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D014510:Urease