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ArticleBMC microbiology2013

Dynamics of fecal microbial communities in children with diarrhea of unknown etiology and genomic analysis of associated Streptococcus lutetiensis.

Dong Jin, Chen Chen, Lianqing Li, Shan Lu, Zhenjun Li, Zhemin Zhou, Huaiqi Jing, Yanmei Xu, Pengcheng Du, Haiyin Wang and 8 more

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dong JinState Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
Chen Chen
Lianqing Li
Shan Lu
Zhenjun Li
Zhemin Zhou
Huaiqi Jing
Yanmei Xu
Pengcheng Du
Haiyin Wang
Yanwen Xiong
Han Zheng
Xuemei Bai
Hui Sun
Lei Wang
Changyun Ye
Marcelo Gottschalk
Jianguo Xu
National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention · CNNankai University · CNShanxi Provincial Children's Hospital · CNUniversité de Montréal · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe sequences of the 16S rRNA genes extracted from fecal samples provide insights into the dynamics of fecal microflora. This potentially gives valuable etiological information for patients whose conditions have been ascribed to unknown pathogens, which cannot be accomplished using routine culture methods. We studied 33 children with diarrhea who were admitted to the Children's Hospital in Shanxi Province during 2006.

resultsNineteen of 33 children with diarrhea could not be etiologically diagnosed by routine culture and polymerase chain reaction methods. Eleven of 19 children with diarrhea of unknown etiology had Streptococcus as the most dominant fecal bacterial genus at admission. Eight of nine children whom three consecutive fecal samples were collected had Streptococcus as the dominant fecal bacterial genus, including three in the Streptococcus bovis group and three Streptococcus sp., which was reduced during and after recovery. We isolated strains that were possibly from the S. bovis group from feces sampled at admission, which were then identified as Streptococcus lutetiensis from one child and Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus from two children. We sequenced the genome of S. lutetiensis and identified five antibiotic islands, two pathogenicity islands, and five unique genomic islands. The identified virulence genes included hemolytic toxin cylZ of Streptococcus agalactiae and sortase associated with colonization of pathogenic streptococci.

conclusionsWe identified S. lutetiensis and S. gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus from children with diarrhea of unknown etiology, and found pathogenic islands and virulence genes in the genome of S. lutetiensis.

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BiotaGenomic IslandsChild, PreschoolCluster AnalysisDiarrheaDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalFecesHumansInfantMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNAStreptococcusDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID23782707
PMCPMC3716944
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