Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis causes lethal colitis in Mongolian gerbils

Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) causes inflammatory diarrhea in humans and livestock and is implicated in colorectal cancer. In this report, we show for the first time that ETBF can induce profuse diarrhea and an acute, lethal colitis in Mongolian gerbils.

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Published inAnaerobe Vol. 21; pp. 64 - 66
Main Authors Yim, Sejin, Gwon, Sun-Yeong, Hwang, Soonjae, Kim, Nae Hyeon, Jung, Bae Dong, Rhee, Ki-Jong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2013
Subjects
Animals
Bacteroides fragilis
Bacteroides fragilis - isolation & purification
Bacteroides fragilis - pathogenicity
Bacteroides Infections - microbiology
Cecum - microbiology
Cecum - pathology
Colitis
Colitis - microbiology
Colitis - mortality
Colitis - veterinary
Colon - microbiology
Colon - pathology
Diarrhea
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis
Enterotoxins
Feces - microbiology
Female
Gerbillinae
Humans
Intestine, Small - microbiology
Intestine, Small - pathology
Meriones unguiculatus
Mongolian gerbil
Rodent Diseases - microbiology
BFT
ETBF
Mongolian gerbil
Diarrhea
Colitis
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis
WT
NTBF
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Summary:Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) causes inflammatory diarrhea in humans and livestock and is implicated in colorectal cancer. In this report, we show for the first time that ETBF can induce profuse diarrhea and an acute, lethal colitis in Mongolian gerbils.
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ISSN:1075-9964
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DOI:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2013.03.008