Distribution of the usp Gene in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Companion Animals and Correlation with Serotypes and Size-Variations of the Pathogenicity Island

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 797-802

  Kurazono, Hisao ^a   Nakano, Masayuki ^b   Yamamoto, Shingo ^c   Ogawa, Osamu ^c   Yuri, Kazuyo ^d   Nakata, Katsuhisa ^d   Kimura, Miyuki ^a   Makino, Sou Ichi ^e   Nair, G Balakrish ^f  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

^e OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

PI; Serotype; UPEC; usp

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA STRUCTURE; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O1; ESCHERICHIA COLI O16; ESCHERICHIA COLI O18; ESCHERICHIA COLI O2; ESCHERICHIA COLI O22; ESCHERICHIA COLI O25; ESCHERICHIA COLI O4; ESCHERICHIA COLI O6; ESCHERICHIA COLI O75; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; USP GENE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0142026603     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03437.x     Document Type: Article

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