title: Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene sequences in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: We identified enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in stool specimens of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal disorders. The organism was detected in 11 (13.2%) of 83 patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Of 57 patients with active disease, 19.3% were toxin positive; none of those with inactive disease had specimens positive for enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis gene sequences.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Prindiville
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sheikh
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cantrell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004768:Enterotoxins; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C091198:fragilysin