Pathogenic characteristics of Escherichia coli strains isolated from newborn piglets with diarrhea in Brazil

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-59

  Martins, Maria De Fátima ^a   Martinez Rossi, Nilce M ^b   Ferreira, Alessandra ^d   Brocchi, Marcelo ^c   Yano, Tomomasa ^d   Castro, Antonio Fernando P ^b   Silveira, Wanderley D ^d  

^a Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia da USP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Microbiol Imunologia Faculdade M   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enteric infection; Escherichia coli; Pathogenicity; Pig Bacteria

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; COLICIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FIMBRIA; GENOTYPE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAZIL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034285197     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00223-6     Document Type: Article

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