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Patterns of Variations in Escherichia coliStrains That Produce Cytolethal Distending Toxin
- Source :
- Infection and Immunity; February 2004, Vol. 72 Issue: 2 p684-690, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- ABSTRACTA collection of 20 Escherichia colistrains that produce cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) were analyzed for their virulence-associated genes. All of these strains were serotyped, and multiplex PCR analysis was used to ascertain the presence of genes encoding other virulence factors, including Shiga toxin, intimin, enterohemolysin, cytotoxic necrotizing factor type 1 (CNF1) and CNF2, heat-stable toxin, and heat-labile toxin. These CDT-producing strains possessed various combinations of known virulence genes, some of which have not been noted before. Partial cdtBsequences were obtained from 10 of these strains, and their predicted CdtB sequences were compared to known E. coliCdtB sequences; some of the sequences were identical to known CdtB sequences, but two were not. PCR primers based on sequence differences between the known cdtsequences were tested for their ability to detect CDT producers and to determine CDT type. Correlations between the type of CDT produced, the presence of other virulence properties, and overall strain relatedness revealed that the CDT producers studied here can be divided into three general groups, with distinct differences in CDT type and in their complement of virulence-associated genes.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00199567 and 10985522
- Volume :
- 72
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Infection and Immunity
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs57556925
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.72.2.684-690.2004