Cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt)-producing escherichia coli isolated from a child with bloody diarrhea in Japan.
Hinenoya A., Nagita A., Asakura M., Tsukamoto T., Ramamurthy T., Nair G.B., Takeda Y., Yamasaki S.
In a retrospective analysis by PCR, the cdtI gene encoding the cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt) was detected in Escherichia coli O2:H12 strain isolated from the bloody diarrheal stool specimen of a child. To our knowledge, this is the first report showing the possible association of Cdt-producing E. coli in Japan, particularly in a child with bloody diarrhea.
Microbiol. Immunol. 51:435-438(2007) [ PubMed | SRS | CiteXplore ]
