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. 1990 Jul;56(7):2243–2244. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.7.2243-2244.1990

Enumeration of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in municipal sewage.

D S Shoop 1, L L Myers 1, J B LeFever 1
PMCID: PMC184590  PMID: 2389938

Abstract

Of 237 isolates of Bacteroides fragilis from sewage influent at the Bozeman, Mont., wastewater treatment plant, 22 (9.3%) were enterotoxigenic, as indicated by the ability to elicit fluid accumulation in the lamb ileal loop test. It appears that enterotoxigenic B. fragilis is endemic in the human population at a moderately high level.

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