The eaeA gene is not found in Hafnia alvei from patients with diarrhea in Aragon, Spain

Authors

  • Cristina Seral University Hospital Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
  • F. Javier Castillo University Hospital Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
  • M. Teresa Llorente University Hospital Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Marzo Varea University Hospital Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Antonio Clavel University Hospital Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
  • M. Carmen Rubio University Hospital Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
  • Rafael Gómez-Lus University Hospital Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain

Keywords:

Hafnia alvei, eaeA gene, diarrhea, pathogenic enterobacteria, virulence factor

Abstract

A total of 102 Hafnia alvei clinical strains isolated from different patients with diarrhea has been tested, using polymerase chain reaction and dot-blot hybridization, for the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli attaching and effacing A (eaeA) gene to establish their role as a causative agent of diarrhea in our environment. None of them was positive for the eaeA gene. We cannot consider the eaeA gene as the virulence-associated factor implicated in the H. alvei strains isolated from diarrheal feces in our region.

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Published

2010-03-12

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2001)

Section

Research Articles

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