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. 1993 Aug;111(1):49–53. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800056661

High prevalence of thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH)-like toxin in Vibrio mimicus strains isolated from diarrhoeal patients.

M Uchimura 1, K Koiwai 1, Y Tsuruoka 1, H Tanaka 1
PMCID: PMC2271200  PMID: 8348932

Abstract

A total of 17 isolates of Vibrio mimicus from patients, 29 from environment and 2 from food was examined for toxigenicity. Sixteen (94%) clinical isolates and one (50%) from food produced TDH-like toxin, whereas none of the environmental isolates did so. The food from which V. mimicus with TDH-like toxin production was isolated, was one which had caused food poisoning. Only one environmental strain produced CT-like toxin, whilst ST-like toxin was not detected from any strains tested.

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