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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2014

Development and accuracy of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assays for detection and quantification of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) heat labile and heat stable toxin genes in travelers' diarrhea samples.

Bonnie P Youmans, Nadim J Ajami, Zhi-Dong Jiang, Joseph F Petrosino, Herbert L DuPont, Sarah K Highlander

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Travelers' Diarrhea in Thailand: A Quantitative Analysis Using TaqMan® Array Card.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018
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  8. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bonnie P YoumansDepartment of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Houston, Texas; Center for Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical School, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Nadim J Ajami
Zhi-Dong Jiang
Joseph F Petrosino
Herbert L DuPont
Sarah K Highlander
Baylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Tissue Analysis & Molecular Imaging CoreP30DK056338 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Geoffrey A Preidis · 2001 to 2026
$28.3M
Alterations in the human gut microbiome associated with travelers' diarrheaF31DK094596 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI YOUMANS, BONNIE PATRICIA · 2012 to 2013
$69k
NIDDK NIH HHS F31 DK094596NIDDK NIH HHS F31DK094596NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056338
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), the leading bacterial pathogen of travelers' diarrhea, is routinely detected by an established DNA hybridization protocol that is neither sensitive nor quantitative. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays that detect the ETEC toxin genes eltA, sta1, and sta2 in clinical stool samples were developed and tested using donor stool inoculated with known quantities of ETEC bacteria. The sensitivity of the qPCR assays is 89%, compared with 22% for the DNA hybridization assay, and the limits of detection are 10,000-fold lower than the DNA hybridization assays performed in parallel. Ninety-three clinical stool samples, previously characterized by DNA hybridization, were tested using the new ETEC qPCR assays. Discordant toxin profiles were observed for 22 samples, notably, four samples originally typed as ETEC negative were ETEC positive. The qPCR assays are unique in their sensitivity and ability to quantify the three toxin genes in clinical stool samples.

Indexed as

Bacterial ToxinsBase SequenceDNA, BacterialEnterotoxigenic Escherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli ProteinsFecesGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansMolecular Sequence DataReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, BacterialTravelBacterial ToxinsDNA, BacterialEscherichia coli ProteinsRNA, Bacterial

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PMID24189361
PMCPMC3886408
OpenAlexW2109340121

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