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. 2000 Mar-Apr;6(2):171–174. doi: 10.3201/eid0602.000210

Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin gene sequences in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

T P Prindiville 1, R A Sheikh 1, S H Cohen 1, Y J Tang 1, M C Cantrell 1, J Silva Jr 1
PMCID: PMC2640860  PMID: 10756151

Abstract

We identified enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in stool specimens of patients with inflammatory bowel disease and other gastrointestinal disorders. The organism was detected in 11 (13.2%) of 83 patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Of 57 patients with active disease, 19.3% were toxin positive; none of those with inactive disease had specimens positive for enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis gene sequences.

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