Prevalence of enterotoxin-encoding genes among diverse Shigella strains isolated from patients with diarrhea, southwest Iran
- Moosavian, Mojtaba
- Seyed-Mohammadi, Sakineh
- Sheikh, Ahmad Farajzadeh
- Khoshnood, Saeed
- Dezfuli, Aram Asarehzadegan
- Saki, Morteza
- Ghaderian, Gholamreza
- Shahi, Fatemeh
- Abdi, Mahtab
- Abbasi, Fariba
DOIAbstract
Shigella spp. are a major cause of bacillary dysentery, particularly among children in developing countries such as Iran. This study aimed to investigate the presence of two important Shigella enterotoxins (ShET-1 and ShET-2), encoded by the set and sen genes, respectively, by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay among Shigella species isolated from children affected by shigellosis in Ahvaz, southwest of Iran. In this cross-sectional study, from June 2016 to April 2017, altogether 117 Shigella isolates were collected from fecal specimens of children aged <15 years with diarrhea in Ahvaz, southwest Iran. All isolates were identified by standard microbiological and molecular methods. The presence of enterotoxin genes was determined by PCR. T...
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