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Detection of Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides Fragilis in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis Publisher



Zamani S1, 2 ; Hesam Shariati S1 ; Zali MR3 ; Asadzadeh Aghdaei H3 ; Sarabi Asiabar A1 ; Bokaie S4 ; Nomanpour B5 ; Sechi LA6 ; Feizabadi MM1, 7
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  1. 1. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
  3. 3. Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Division of Epidemiology and Zoonoses, Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43b, Sassari, 07100, Italy
  7. 7. Thoracic Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Source: Gut Pathogens Published:2017


Abstract

Purpose: Ulcerative colitis (UC) as a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), presumed to occur as a consequence of increased immune responses to intestinal microbiota in genetically susceptible individuals. Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) strains are important intestinal bacteria that can be involved in IBD. The aim of this study was to design a quantitative assay for detection of B. fragilis and ETBF and also to find their association with UC. Methods: Ninety-five biopsies were collected from patients with UC (n = 35) and with no IBD (nIBD, n = 60). All the specimens were cultured in Bacteroides bile esculin agar medium. Specific primers and probes were designed for quantitative real-time PCR (QRT-PCR) based on 16S rRNA and bft genes sequences of ETBF. Results: The bft genes were detected in 51.4% of UC samples and 1.6% of nIBD samples, respectively. In UC patients, 37.1% of samples with diarrhea and 11.4% of samples without diarrhea, harbored the bft gene. Mean value of the number of ETBF with bft gene in UC and nIBD samples were 4.46 ×Y 102 and 1.96, respectively. Likewise these result for 16S rRNA gene in UC and nIBD samples were 2.0 × 103 and 8.4 × 103, respectively. Conclusions: There was no significant association between presence and numbers of 16S rRNA gene of B. fragilis and UC. ETBF was detected more in UC specimens and biopsies of UC patients with diarrhea than in the control group. These data demonstrated that ETBF is associated with development of UC and as a causative agent for the development of diarrhea in these patients. © 2017 The Author(s).
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