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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2606-2608, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2606-2608.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Prevalence of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Strains Harboring the Longus Pilus Gene in Brazil

Lucilia S. Nishimura,1 Jorge A. Girón,2* Solange L. Nunes,1 and Beatriz E. C. Guth1

Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil,1 Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México2

Received 11 February 2002/ Returned for modification 31 March 2002/ Accepted 11 April 2002

The longus type IV pilus gene (lngA) was highly prevalent (32.8%) among Brazilian enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains producing both heat-labile and heat-stable enterotoxins and bearing the CFA/I, CS1CS3, or CS6 antigen. Furthermore, lngA was more often found in strains isolated from children with diarrhea than in strains isolated from children without diarrhea.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiológicas, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 76 Complejo de Ciencias, Ciudad Universitaria, Puebla, México. Phone: 52 222 2 33 20 10. Fax: 52 222 44 45 18. E-mail: jagiron{at}yahoo.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2606-2608, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2606-2608.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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