Distributions of the Escherichia coli strains which have specific adhesins to human and swine small intestine.
Year: 1981
Type: article
Abstract: We surveyed the strains which had the specific adhesive functions to human and swine small intestine in the Escherichia coli strains isolated from clinical materials and swine feces. Incidences of these specific adhesive strains were shown to be not so high being around 10% or lower. Among those, the incidence of the specific adhesive strains to swine small intestine was higher in the clinically isolated strains than in swine fecal strains. In contrast the incidence of the specific adhesive strains to human small in-testine was higher in the swine fecal strains than in the clinically isolated strains. Since these strains were collected from the materials not related to diarrhea, the detected specific adhesive strains were carried by animals not susceptible for them as non-pathogenic resident flora. These strains could by potentially pathogenic to the susceptible host animals.
Source: The Keio Journal of Medicine
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.30.187
Authors: TOSHIHIKO ARAI, SADAO KOMATSU, YOKO KOMATSU, SINJI TAKAHASHI, AKIO KOBAYASHI
Institutions: Keio University, Chiba University Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1999205055