title: Further characterization of Escherichia coli O153:H45, an ETEC serotype disseminated in Chile.
abstract: The newly described stable enterotoxin producing, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, serotype O153:H45, capable of expressing colonizing factor antigen I, is frequently isolated as a cause of diarrhea among Chilean children. Hybridization studies of five new strains confirmed previous results which indicated that the stable enterotoxin genes are contained in nonconjugative plasmids ranging in size from 81 to 87 kilobases. The strains expressed similar antibiotic resistance and metabolic properties but differed in their plasmid content.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fernández-Beros
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kissel
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Agüero
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Figueroa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: D'Ottone
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prado
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cabello
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002648:Child; D002677:Chile; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004768:Enterotoxins; C022924:colonization factor antigens; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins