The Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology (대한미생물학회지)
- Volume 22 Issue 2
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- Pages.131-137
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- 1987
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- 0253-3162(pISSN)
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Korean Children with and without Diarrhea
소아 설사증에서 분리한 대장균 장독소의 병원적 역할
- Ahn, Byung-Soo (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
- Kim, Kyung-Hee (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
- Han, Wang-Soo (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University) ;
- Suh, Inn-Soo (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
- 안병수 (한양대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실) ;
- 김경희 (한양대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실) ;
- 한왕수 (한양대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실) ;
- 서인수 (한양대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실)
- Published : 1987.06.30
Abstract
The incidnce of enterotoxigenic Esherichia coli(ETEC) was investigated in E. coli strains isolated from Korean infants less than two years old. Over a period of 12 months, ETEC strains have been isolated from 45(45.0%) of 100 children with acute diarrhea and from 9(20.5%) of 44 children without diarrhea. In the group with diarrhea, 41(41.0%) strains produced heat-stable toxin, 3(3.1%) produced heat-labile toxin, and 1(1.0%) produced both heat-stable and heat-labile toxins. In the control group, 7(15.9%) released heat-stable toxin, 2(4.5%) released heat-labile toxin and none released both. A statistical association of strains releasing heat-stable toxin was significant(P<0.025).
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