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Volume 11, Number 7—July 2005
Dispatch

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae Diarrhea, Bangladesh, 2004

Firdausi Qadri*Comments to Author , Ashraful I. Khan*, Abu Syed G. Faruque*, Yasmin Ara Begum*, Fahima Chowdhury*, Gopinath B. Nair*, Mohammed A. Salam*, David A. Sack*, and Ann-Mari Svennerholm†
Author affiliations: *International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh; †Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

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Table 2

Colonization factor (CF) types of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) isolated from patients during diarrhea epidemic, Bangladesh*

Toxin produced CF type(s) produced No. isolates (%)
ST (n = 42) CFA/I 9 (21.4)
CFA/I, CS21 1 (2.38)
CS1 + CS3, CS21 1 (2.38)
CS4 + CS6 7 (16.67)
CS5 + CS6 7 (16.67)
CS6 6 (14.29)
CS14 1 (2.38)
CS17 1 (2.38)
LT/ST (n = 12) CFA/ 1 (8.33)
CFA/I, CS21 1 (8.33)
CS1 + CS3 2 (16.67)
CS2 + CS3 1 (8.33)
CS4 + CS6 2 (16.67)
CS5 + CS6 3 (25.00)
CS14 1 (8.33)
LT (n = 9) CS7 3 (33.3)
CS6 + CS8 1 (11.1)
CS17 1 (11.1)

*Of the 63 ETEC strains isolated, 78% were positive for 1 or more of the 12 CFs tested. Those that were positive are shown above. ST, heat stable; LT, heat labile

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