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. 2000 Mar-Apr;6(2):171-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid0602.000210.

Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene sequences in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

T P Prindiville  1 , R A Sheikh, S H Cohen, Y J Tang, M C Cantrell, J Silva Jr
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Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene sequences in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

T P Prindiville et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

We identified enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in stool specimens of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal disorders. The organism was detected in 11 (13.2%) of 83 patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Of 57 patients with active disease, 19.3% were toxin positive; none of those with inactive disease had specimens positive for enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis gene sequences.

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