Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis causes lethal colitis in Mongolian gerbils

Sejin Yim; Sun Yeong Gwon; Soonjae Hwang; Nae Hyeon Kim; Bae Dong Jung; Ki Jong Rhee

doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2013.03.008

Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis causes lethal colitis in Mongolian gerbils

Sejin Yim, Sun Yeong Gwon, Soonjae Hwang, Nae Hyeon Kim, Bae Dong Jung, Ki Jong Rhee

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	64-66
Number of pages	3
Journal	Anaerobe
Volume	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2013.03.008
Publication status	Published - 2013

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This work was supported in part by a New Investigator Start-Up Grant from Yonsei University at Wonju (#2011-5-5018) to Ki-Jong Rhee. We thank Dr. Cynthia Sears and Dr. Augusto A. Franco for the ETBF and NTBF strains, respectively.

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Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis causes lethal colitis in Mongolian gerbils

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