Cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt)-producing escherichia coli isolated from a child with bloody diarrhea in Japan.
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.
Hinenoya
Atsushi
A
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan.
Nagita
Akira
A
Asakura
Masahiro
M
Tsukamoto
Teizo
T
Ramamurthy
Thandavarayan
T
Nair
Gopinath Balakrish
GB
Takeda
Yoshifumi
Y
Yamasaki
Shinji
S
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
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; C067044:cytolethal distending toxin