title: The isolation of cytotoxic necrotizing factor (CNF)-producing Escherichia coli from the intestinal contents of babies who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other causes as well as from the faeces of healthy babies.
abstract: Strains of Escherichia coli producing cytotoxic necrotizing factor (CNF) have been isolated from intestinal contents of 16.8% of babies who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and 16.5% of faeces from healthy babies. While no difference in CNF carriage was seen, it is noteworthy that these CNF-producing E. coli are present in such specimens. Some of the CNF-producing E. coli belonged to serotypes associated with this factor in other parts of the world.
authors.affiliation: School of Agriculture, LaTrobe University, Victoria, South Australia.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bettelheim
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Evangelidis
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Goldwater
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Luke
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D003603:Cytotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C060296:cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1