Detection of colonization factor antigen I-positive enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli with a cloned polynucleotide probe.
AUTOR(ES)
Grewal, H M
RESUMO
We compared a new colony hybridization assay with an established enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) expressing colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I). The tests were applied to 135 human ETEC strains. Of these isolates, 30 had previously been characterized for CFAs. A strain harboring the plasmid vector of the polynucleotide gene probe, nine non-ETEC strains from healthy infants, and eight ETEC strains of animal origin were included for further evaluation of probe specificity. The two assays showed a high level of concordance in the specific detection of ETEC strains expressing CFA/I. A total of 24 strains tested positive in the CFA/I hybridization assay, while 23 of those strains were positive in the CFA/I enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The single discrepant result could be explained by the loss of a regulatory gene. The strain harboring the plasmid vector of the probe, the non-ETEC E. coli strains, and the ETEC strains of animal origin were all negative in the CFA/I probe assay.
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