RESUMEN
The stool samples from 245 patients with diarrhea were tested for heat labile toxin (LT) and heat stable toxins (ST) by passive latex agglutination and enzyme immunoassay methods respectively. Twelve (4.9 percent) enterotoxigenic E. Coli ETEC strains were isolated. Five strains (2 percent) expressed ST, and 7 (2.8 percent) expressed LT.
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Humanos , Recién Nacido , Preescolar , Niño , Pruebas Enzimáticas Clínicas , Estudios Transversales , Diarrea Infantil , Infecciones por Escherichia coli , Escherichia coli Enterotoxigénica/enzimología , Escherichia coli Enterotoxigénica/aislamiento & purificación , Toxinas Bacterianas/análisis , Toxinas Bacterianas/aislamiento & purificación , Técnicas y Procedimientos Diagnósticos , Inmunoensayo , Métodos , MétodosRESUMEN
The stool samples from 245 patients with diarrhea were tested for heat labile toxin (LT) and heat stable toxins (ST) by passive latex agglutination and enzyme immunoassay methods respectively. Twelve (4.9%) enterotoxigenic E. Coli ETEC strains were isolated. Five strains (2%) expressed ST, and 7 (2.8%) expressed LT.
RESUMEN
The stool samples from 245 patients with diarrhea were tested for heat labile toxin (LT) and heat stable toxins (ST) by passive latex agglutination and enzyme immunoassay methods respectively. Twelve (4.9%) enterotoxigenic E. Coli ETEC strains were isolated. Five strains (2%) expressed ST, and 7 (2.8%) expressed LT.