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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 41(2), 1989, pp. 220-223
Copyright © 1989 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Pilus Colonization Factors of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Isolated from Infantile Diarrheal Patients in Papua New Guinea

Takeshi Honda, Nuanchawee Wetprasit, Michiko Arita AND Toshio Miwatani
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

We examined the possibility of pilus colonization factor (or adhesin) production by 9 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from infantile diarrheal patients in Papua New Guinea. By hydrophobicity, hemagglutination and bacterial agglutination with antisera against various known adhesins, none of the 9 strains produced known pilus adhesins. Three strains which produce heat-labile and heat-stable enterotoxins may produce a new type of pili which is not hydrophobic and differs from common (type 1) pili.






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