title: Virulence factors associated with strains of Escherichia coli from cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
abstract: Strains of Escherichia coli isolated from cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, healthy infants and infants that died of other causes were subjected to a series of tests with particular reference to serotyping, toxigenicity and adherence factors. E. coli from SIDS infants tended to have a low hydrophobicity and high toxigenicity, compared to those from healthy infants, while no notable differences in haemagglutination patterns were observed between these two groups of strains.
authors.affiliation: School of Agriculture, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bettelheim
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Gunzburg
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012703:Serotyping; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins