Cytolethal distending toxin (Cdt)-producing escherichia coli isolated from a child with bloody diarrhea in Japan.

Abstract

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.

• Authors: Atsushi Hinenoya, Akira Nagita, Masahiro Asakura, Teizo Tsukamoto, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Gopinath Balakrish Nair, Yoshifumi Takeda, Shinji Yamasaki
• Journal: Microbiology and immunology (Microbiol Immunol) Vol. 51 Issue 4 Pg. 435-8 ( 2007) ISSN: 0385-5600 [Print] Australia
• PMID: 17446683 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Bacterial Toxins
• cytolethal distending toxin

Topics

• Bacterial Toxins (toxicity)
• Child, Preschool
• Diarrhea (microbiology)
• Escherichia coli (chemistry, metabolism, pathogenicity)
• Escherichia coli Infections (microbiology)
• Feces (microbiology)
• Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (etiology)
• Humans
• Japan
• Polymerase Chain Reaction (methods)
• Retrospective Studies