China B, Pirson V, Mainil J
Laboratory of Bacteriology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Belgium.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1996 Sep;62(9):3462-5. doi: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3462-3465.1996.
Attaching and effacing Escherichia coli is a new causal agent of diarrhea in calves. Its major virulence factors are the intimin protein, encoded by the eaeA gene, and the Shiga-like toxins, encoded by slt genes. Because the sequences of these genes are available, we selected specific primers to amplify each virulence gene so as to develop a new identification test based on multiplex amplification of virulence-associated genes. Of 30 tested strains, 14 were eaeA+, 15 were eaeA+ slt-I+, 1 was eaeA+ slt-I+ slt-II+, and 1 was eaeA+ slt-II+. The method proved in our hands to be fast and specific and in perfect correlation with the hybridization method.
紧密黏附性大肠杆菌是犊牛腹泻的一种新致病原。其主要毒力因子是由eaeA基因编码的紧密黏附素蛋白和由slt基因编码的志贺样毒素。由于这些基因的序列是已知的,我们选择了特异性引物来扩增每个毒力基因,以便开发一种基于毒力相关基因多重扩增的新鉴定试验。在30株受试菌株中,14株eaeA阳性,15株eaeA阳性且slt-I阳性,1株eaeA阳性且slt-I和slt-II均阳性,1株eaeA阳性且slt-II阳性。我们发现该方法快速、特异,且与杂交方法结果完全一致。