Studies of metabolites in diarrheal stool specimens containing Shigella species by frequency-pulsed electron capture gas-liquid chromatography.
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Brooks, J B
RESUMO
Eleven diarrheal stool specimens and 10 control stool specimens from Cairo, Egypt, were studied by frequency-pulsed electron capture gas-liquid chromatography (FPEC-GLC). Four cases involving Shigella sonnei, three cases involving Shigella boydii, and four cases involving Shigella flexneri were studied. The aqueous stools were centrifuged, extracted with organic solvents, and derivatized to form specific electron-capturing derivatives of carboxylic acids, alcohols, hydroxy acids, and amines. Analyses were performed on high-resolution glass columns with an instrument equipped with an extremely sensitive electron capture detector that is specific for the detection of electron-capturing compounds. The diarrheal stools studied had specific FPEC-GLC profiles and contained metabolic markers that readily distinguished between the Shigella spp. studied and Escherichia coli producing heat-stable or heat-labile enterotoxins. S. sonnei stools contained hexanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-4-methylmethiobutyric acid, and some unidentified alcohols that distinguished this organism from other enteric pathogens. S. boydii produced an acid that was unique for this species, and S. flexneri produced alcohols that could be used to distinguish between it and other enteric organisms. The FPEC-GLC profiles obtained during this study were also very different from those reported earlier for Clostridium difficile and rotavirus. This study presents further evidence that the selectivity and sensitivity of FPEC-GLC techniques can be used to rapidly identify causative agents of diarrhea and detect physiological changes that occur in the gut during the course of diarrheal illness.
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