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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2007, p. 1336-1338, Vol. 45, No. 4
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02108-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Determination of bft Gene Subtypes in Bacteroides fragilis Clinical Isolates{triangledown}

Mario J. Avila-Campos,1 Chengxu Liu,2 Yuli Song,2 Marie-Claire Rowlinson,2 and Sydney M. Finegold2,3,4,5*

Anaerobe Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, ICB, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo SP, Brazil,1 Wadsworth Anaerobe Laboratory,2 Infectious Diseases Section,3 VA Medical Center, West Los Angeles, and Department of Medicine,4 Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California5

Received 13 October 2006/ Returned for modification 5 January 2007/ Accepted 4 February 2007

A rapid multiplex PCR approach was developed to detect the bft gene subtypes in Bacteroides fragilis clinical isolates. This technique could be used to look at the epidemiology of enterotoxigenic strains of B. fragilis in clinical infections and whether there is a correlation between disease and the presence of B. fragilis enterotoxin.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Infectious Diseases Section (111F), VA Medical Center, West Los Angeles, CA 90073. Phone: (310) 268-3678. Fax: (310) 268-4458. E-mail: sidfinegol{at}aol.com

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 14 February 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2007, p. 1336-1338, Vol. 45, No. 4
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02108-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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