mannose/diarrhea

A study was carried out for detection of the adhesive antigen K99 on 84 Escherichia coli strains isolated from calves with diarrhea. The methods utilized were the Brush-Border and the slide agglutination tests; the strains were also tested in their ability to evoke mannose-resistant

Rhubarb has been used as a folk remedy for gastrointestinal disease in China for over two thousand years. In the present study, we evaluated the effect of Rheum tanguticum polysaccharide (RTP), a water soluble fraction extracted from rhubarb, on protection from inflammation and colonic damage in

The study was aimed at determination of the frequency of occurrence of mannose-resistant adhesins in E. coli strains isolated from children with diarrhoea. It was also of interest whether their presence is associated with the serological type or other virulence factors. The material used in this

D-mannose-resistant hemagglutination with human and bovine red blood cells was determined in 284 cultures of opportunistis enterobacteria isolated from 99 patients with acute intestinal infections and in 55 cultures isolated from 27 practically healthy children aged up to 1 year. In 16 sick children

Seventy-five strains of Escherichia coli from cases of infantile and childhood diarrhea were serogrouped and analysed in terms of hydrophobicity, mannose resistant haemagglutination and enterotoxigenicity. The strains were distributed over 21 serogroups of which 54.6% were hydrophobic, 37.3% were

Aeromonas spp. occurring in feces of children with diarrhea were studied. Forty-eight strains were isolated from 2,025 specimens during a one year period. Only 11 of 44 strains tested yielded virulence factors (cytotoxin, hemolysin and hemagglutinin). Six strains were identified as Aeromonas sobria

Sixteen strains of Escherichia coli serogroup O115 isolated from piglets with diarrhea were examined for mannose-sensitive or mannose-resistant hemagglutination (MSHA or MRHA, respectively) for the presence of fimbriae by electron microscopy and for enterotoxigenicity by the ligated gut loop

To cause diarrhea, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) must initially colonize the small bowel. Different surface structures have been implicated in this initial attachment. Recognized attachment factors include colonization factor antigens I and II (CFA/I and CFA/II) and type I pili. Several

Three-hundred and fifty-eight E. coli strains isolated from piglets were tested for the presence of hemagglutinins by the use of the active hemagglutination test with or without mannose. Additionally 86 strains from the mentioned number of strains were investigated for the presence of common

Two Escherichia coli strains (B/M 369 and C-35) belonging to enteropathogenic serogroup O86 were isolated from patients with infantile diarrhea and studied with respect to their cellular adherence properties. Both strains exhibited adherence (Ad+) to HEp-2 and HeLa cell monolayers in vitro and

To determine the association of enteroaggregative (EAEC) and cell-detaching (CDEC) Escherichia coli with diarrhea of unknown origin among children from Wrocław (Poland), E. coli strains isolated from stool specimens of children with diarrhea were examined for mannose-resistant adherence to HEp-2

O:H serotypes previously found to be prevalent among a number of toxigenic strains from several geographic areas were examined for polysaccharide K antigen type. Members of each O:H serotype had the same type of K antigen and were found to be characterized by a certain fermentation pattern. Some O:H

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) of several different serotypes isolated from adults with diarrhea and known to possess the colonization factor antigen (CFA) were found to cause mannose-resistant hemagglutination (HA) of human group A erythrocytes. CFA-negative E. coli isolated during the

BACKGROUND Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a component of the innate immune response and binds microbial surfaces through carbohydrate recognition domains. MBL deficiency may contribute to susceptibility to a variety of infectious diseases, particularly in young children. MBL binds to the

A hemagglutination (HA)-typing system has been developed for the presumptive identification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) possessing the colonization factor antigens (CFA) CFA/I or CFA/II. E. coli isolates are grown on CFA agar and tested for mannose-sensitive (MS) or mannose-resistant