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Comparison among. enterotoxigenic strains of escherichia coli isolated in Italy and Somalia

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Nine strains of ETEC isolated in Italy have been compared with 13 isolates from Somalia with respect to toxin production, serotype and antimicrobial resistance pattern. None of the strains isolated from Italy belonged to any serotype or serogroups found among the strains from Somalia. Remarkable differences between the two groups of isolates were also observed with regard to the susceptibility to antimicrobials and the presence of R-plasmids. These findings suggest that ETEC strains isolated in Italy are not related to the strains widespread in Somalia and, generally, in developing countries.

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  1. Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161, Roma, Italy

    A. Caprioli, V. Falbo, F. M. Ruggeri & G. Donelli

  2. Laboratorio di Analisi Chimico-Cliniche-e Microbiologia, Ospedale dei Bambini ≪ Umberto I° 2> , Brescia, Italy

    R. Bisicchia

  3. Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare e dello Sviluppo, Sezione di Scienze Microbiologìche, Università ≪ La Sapienza ≫, Roma, Italy

    M. Casalino

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Caprioli, A., Falbo, V., Ruggeri, F.M. et al. Comparison among. enterotoxigenic strains of escherichia coli isolated in Italy and Somalia. Eur J Epidemiol 4, 251–255 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00144762

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