Escherichia coli O128 strains from infants with diarrhea commonly show localized adhesion and positivity in the fluorescent-actin staining test but do not hybridize with an enteropathogenic E. coli adherence factor probe.

AUTOR(ES)

Scotland, S M

RESUMO

Twenty-nine strains of Escherichia coli O128 isolated from infants with diarrhea that did not produce heat-stable enterotoxin, heat-labile enterotoxins, or Vero cytotoxin showed localized attachment to HEp-2 cells (LA). Only four strains hybridized with the enteropathogenic E. coli adherence factor (EAF) probe. One of the 25 LA+ EAF- strains attached to 72% of cells, while a plasmid-negative variant attached to 0.5% of cells. LA+ EAF- and LA+ EAF+ strains gave a positive fluorescent-actin staining test that correlates with the ability to cause attaching and effacing lesions in the intestine. The use of the EAF probe alone to detect LA+ strains is inadequate for epidemiological studies.

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