Virulence factors associated with strains of Escherichia coli from cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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.
Bettelheim
K A
KA
School of Agriculture, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
Chang
B J
BJ
Elliott
S J
SJ
Gunzburg
S T
ST
Pearce
J L
JL
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
D001427:Bacterial Toxins