ENTEROTOXIN PRODUCTION IN STRAINS OF CAMPYLOBACTER-JEJUNI, ISOLATED FROM SWINE DIARRHEA
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Soc Brasileira Microbiologia
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One hundred and twenty-six strains of Campylobacter jejuni isolated from swine with diarrhea were examined for the production of enteroxin, by culture filtrate inoculation into ileal loops in several animal species.Four (3,1 %) of the strains tested produced fluid in ligated ileal loop of albino rabbit, 19 (15 %) in rat and 14(11, 1 %) in swine. By the test of intragastric inoculation in suckling mouse, none of the strains revealed capacity to produce enterotoxin, although two strains were considered suspicious. Twelve (54,5 %) of the strains that induced ileal fluid in rat and swine produced cytotoxic effect in monkey kidney cells (Vero), affecting up to 60 % of the monolayer. However, no alteration was observed in hamster kidney cells (BHK).
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CAMPYLOBACTER-JEJUNI, ENTEROTOXIN, SWINE DIARRHEA, PATHOGENICITY
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Revista de Microbiologia. São Paulo: Soc Brasileira Microbiologia, v. 24, n. 2, p. 78-83, 1993.
