Virulence properties of Escherichia coli strains belonging to enteropathogenic (EPEC) serogroups isolated from calves with diarrhea

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-153

  Saridakis, Halha O ^a   El Gared, Sleman A ^a   Vidotto, Marilda C ^a   Guth, Beatriz B C ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cattle bacteria; diarrhoea; Escherichia coli; virulence

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMAZINE; GENTAMICIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VEROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031081555     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(96)01278-3     Document Type: Article

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