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. 1991 Apr;9(4):223-5.

[Detection of strains of E. coli producing STa toxin in the feces of patients with diarrhea using a competitive ELISA system]

[Article in Spanish]
J Reina  1 , J Gómez, I Llompart, N Borrell, A Serra
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  • PMID: 1863622

[Detection of strains of E. coli producing STa toxin in the feces of patients with diarrhea using a competitive ELISA system]

[Article in Spanish]
J Reina et al. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Apr.

Abstract

We evaluate the presence of heat-stable STa toxin producers E. coli strains from stools of patients with acute diarrhoea. As detection method, we used a commercially-available enzyme-linked competitive assay (ELISA). Over a three months period, 279 E. coli strains were analyzed. Only two (0.71%) were STa toxin producers. Both isolates are from pediatric cases (2 and 4 years of age), without any epidemiologic relationship between them. Therefore, we conclude that this infection could be considered as a non-epidemic community-acquired diarrhoeal disease.

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