Detection of non-enterotoxigenic and enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in stool samples from children in São Paulo, Brazil

Non-enterotoxigenic bacteria of the Bacteroides fragilis group and enterotoxigenic B. fragilis were identified from children with and without aqueous acute diarrhea. In this study, 170 stool samples from 96 children with and 74 without diarrhea were analyzed. Enterotoxin production and the toxin gen...

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Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors:	Flávio Krzyzanowsky, Mario J. Avila-Campos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2003-08-01
Subjects:	Bacteroides fragilis group ETBF Acute diarrhea Children
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652003000400010&tlng=en