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1619243

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
Strains of Bacteroides fragilis which produce enterotoxin(s) (ETBF) have been associated with diarrhoeal diseases in young domestic animals and have also been isolated from humans with diarrhoea. We have determined epidemiologically that ETBF are significantly associated with diarrhoea in humans. We studied Apaches, primarily children, with diarrhoea attending an outpatient facility in Whiteriver, Arizona, from July 1986 through July, 1988. Stool cultures for isolation of ETBF and other diarrhoeal pathogens were taken from these persons as well as from age and time-matched control persons who did not have diarrhoea. ETBF were isolated significantly more often from persons with diarrhoea (12%) than from controls (6%), p = 0.03. Isolation was highest (20-24% of stool cultures positive) during the second and third years of life. The diarrhoeal syndrome associated with ETBF was non-specific, and most characteristic of a secretory, rather than inflammatory, type of diarrhoea. ETBF are significantly associated with acute diarrhoea in Apache children, and may be an important newly described cause of diarrhoea in humans.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0253-8768
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis: epidemiologic studies of its role as a human diarrhoeal pathogen.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.