Enterotoxicity and related virulence factors of diarrhoeagenic local isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa | ||
| Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 23, Issue 4, June 2012, Pages 11-20 | ||
| Author | ||
| sadik Abdulridha Gatea | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A total of 23 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated from watery and soft frequent stool samples. Results for enterotoxicity, invasiveness, serum resistance and phagocytosis inhibition showed that 4 of 6 isolates isolated from watery stool samples were heat-labile enterotoxin producers, whereas 2 of 17 of soft stool were heat-labile enterotoxin producers. The 6 P. aeruginosa watery stool samples were invasive and phagocytosis inhibitors, whereas not all soft stool isolates of P. aeruginosa were invasive or phagocytosis inhibitors. All P. aeruginosa isolates were serum resistant. P. aeruginosa isolates of watery stool samples were most virulent than soft stool samples as diarrhoeagenic isolates, giving a strong evidence for their potential role as an intestinal pathogens. | ||
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