title: Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis causes lethal colitis in Mongolian gerbils.
abstract: Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) causes inflammatory diarrhea in humans and livestock and is implicated in colorectal cancer. In this report, we show for the first time that ETBF can induce profuse diarrhea and an acute, lethal colitis in Mongolian gerbils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University at Wonju, Wonju, Gangwon-do 220-710, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sejin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: Sun-Yeong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Gwon
authors.forename: Soonjae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Nae Hyeon
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Bae Dong
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Ki-Jong
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Rhee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003092:Colitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003967:Diarrhea; D004768:Enterotoxins; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004768:Enterotoxins