1.
Braz. j. microbiol
; 42(1): 243-247, Jan.-Mar. 2011. tab
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-571395
RESUMO
The stool samples from 245 patients with diarrhea were tested for heat labile toxin (LT) and heat stable toxins (ST) by passive latex agglutination and enzyme immunoassay methods respectively. Twelve (4.9 percent) enterotoxigenic E. Coli ETEC strains were isolated. Five strains (2 percent) expressed ST, and 7 (2.8 percent) expressed LT.
Assuntos
Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Pré-Escolar , Criança , Ensaios Enzimáticos Clínicos , Estudos Transversais , Diarreia Infantil , Infecções por Escherichia coli , Escherichia coli Enterotoxigênica/enzimologia , Escherichia coli Enterotoxigênica/isolamento & purificação , Toxinas Bacterianas/análise , Toxinas Bacterianas/isolamento & purificação , Técnicas e Procedimentos Diagnósticos , Imunoensaio , Métodos , Métodos
2.
Braz J Microbiol
; 42(1): 243-7, 2011 Jan.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24031627
RESUMO
The stool samples from 245 patients with diarrhea were tested for heat labile toxin (LT) and heat stable toxins (ST) by passive latex agglutination and enzyme immunoassay methods respectively. Twelve (4.9%) enterotoxigenic E. Coli ETEC strains were isolated. Five strains (2%) expressed ST, and 7 (2.8%) expressed LT.