title: Cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt)-producing escherichia coli isolated from a child with bloody diarrhea in Japan.
abstract: In a retrospective analysis by PCR, the cdtI gene encoding the cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt) was detected in Escherichia coli O2:H12 strain isolated from the bloody diarrheal stool specimen of a child. To our knowledge, this is the first report showing the possible association of Cdt-producing E. coli in Japan, particularly in a child with bloody diarrhea.
authors: Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Hinenoya
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Nagita
authors: Masahiro
authors: M
authors: Asakura
authors: Teizo
authors: T
authors: Tsukamoto
authors: Thandavarayan
authors: T
authors: Ramamurthy
authors: Gopinath Balakrish
authors: GB
authors: Nair
authors: Yoshifumi
authors: Y
authors: Takeda
authors: Shinji
authors: S
authors: Yamasaki
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; C067044:cytolethal distending toxin