COLI SURFACE-ANTIGENS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA-COLI STRAINS ISOLATED FROM PERSONS WITH TRAVELERS DIARRHEA IN ASIA

Authors
SERICHANTALERGS O NIRDNOY W CRAVIOTO A LEBRON C WOLF M SVENNERHOLM AM SHLIM D HOGE CW ECHEVERRIA P
Citation
O. Serichantalergs et al., COLI SURFACE-ANTIGENS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA-COLI STRAINS ISOLATED FROM PERSONS WITH TRAVELERS DIARRHEA IN ASIA, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(6), 1997, pp. 1639-1641
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1639 - 1641
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:6<1639:CSAWEE>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains were isolated from tra velers or military personnel who developed diarrhea after visiting Nep al or who were deployed to Thailand, Indonesia, or the Philippines. ET EC isolates were examined for colonization factor antigen (CFA). CFAs were identified on 59% (40 of 68) of the isolates examined. The lack o f a detectable CFA on 41% (28 of 68) of the isolates is of concern for the development of an effective ETEC vaccine.