title: High prevalence of thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH)-like toxin in Vibrio mimicus strains isolated from diarrhoeal patients.
abstract: A total of 17 isolates of Vibrio mimicus from patients, 29 from environment and 2 from food was examined for toxigenicity. Sixteen (94%) clinical isolates and one (50%) from food produced TDH-like toxin, whereas none of the environmental isolates did so. The food from which V. mimicus with TDH-like toxin production was isolated, was one which had caused food poisoning. Only one environmental strain produced CT-like toxin, whilst ST-like toxin was not detected from any strains tested.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Laboratory of Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koiwai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuruoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D015995:Prevalence; D012758:Shellfish / Q000382:microbiology; D014733:Vibrio / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C073845:hemolysin, Vibrio