Serotypes and virulence genes of bovine Shigatoxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) isolated from a feedlot in Argentina

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 3-9

  Padola, Nora L ^a   Sanz, Marcelo E ^a   Blanco, Jesús E ^b   Blanco, Miguel ^b   Blanco, Jorge ^b   Etcheverria, Analía I ^a   Arroyo, Guillermo H ^a   Usera, Miguel A ^c   Parma, Alberto E ^a  

^a FCV   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enterohaemorragic E. coli; Escherichia coli; PCR; Shiga toxin; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEROTYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; O ANTIGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN I; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2342574692     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(03)00127-5     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Ahmed R., Bopp C., Borczyk A., Kasatiya S. Phage-typing scheme for Escherichia coli O157:H7. J. Epidemiol. Infect. 155:1987;806-809
2. Beutin, L., Zimmermann, S., Gleier, K., 2001. Association between serotypes, virulence markers and diseases in a group of 679 verocytotoxin- producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) strains isolated from humans patients in Germany (1997-1999). In: Proceedings of the Conference on Epidemiology of VTEC and Workshop on "Typing Methods for VTEC Strains", 8-10 February, 2001, Malahide, Ireland.
3. Blanco J., Blanco M., Alonso M.P., Garabal J.I., González E.A. Serogroups of Escherichia coli strains producing cytotoxic necrotizing factors CNF1 and CNF2. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 96:1992;155-160
4. Blanco J.E., Blanco M., Blanco J., Mora A., Balaguer L., Mouriño M., Juárez A., Jansen W.H. O serogroups, biotypes and eae genes in Escherichia coli isolates from diarrheic and healthy rabbits. J. Clin. Microbiol. 34:1996;3101-3107
5. Blanco J.E., Blanco M., Mora A., Rio M., Prado C., Fernández L., Blanco J. Métodos empleados para la detección de Escherichia coli verotoxigénicos (ECVT) O157:H7 y de otros serotipos en alimentos. Alimentaria (Revista de Tecnología e Higiene de los Alimentos). 275:1996;99-108
6. Blanco M., Blanco J.E., Blanco J., Mora A., Prado C., Alonso M.P., Mouriño M., Madrid C., Balsalobre C., Juárez A. Distribution and characterization of faecal verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) isolated from healthy cattle. Vet. Microbiol. 54:1997;309-319
7. Blanco, J., Blanco, M., Blanco, J.E., Mora, A., Alonso, M.P., González, E.A., Bernárdez, M.I., 2001. Epidemiology of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) in ruminants. In: Duffy, G., Garvey, P., McDowell, D.A. (Eds.), Verocytotoxigenic E. coli. Food and Nutrition Press, Inc., Trumbull, CT, pp. 113-148.
8. Chinen I., Tanaro J.D., Miliwebsky E., Lound L.H., Chillemi G., Ledri S., Baschkier A., Scarpin M., Manfredi E., Rivas M. Isolation and characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from retail meats in Argentina. J. Food Protect. 64:2001;1346-1351
9. Conedera G., Marangon S., Chapman P.A., Zuin A., Caprioli A. Atypical strains of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in beef cattle at slaughter in Veneto Region, Italy. J. Vet. Med. B. 44:1997;301-306
10. Fratamico P.M., Sackitey S.K., Wiedmann M., Deng M.V. Detection of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 by multiplex PCR. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:1995;2188-2191
11. Gannon V.P., Rashed M., King R.K., Golsteyn Thomas E. Detection and characterization of the eae gene of shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli using polymerase chain reaction. J. Clin. Microbiol. 31:1993;1268-1274
12. Guinée, P.A.M., Jansen, H.W., Wasdtröm, T., Sellwood, R., 1981. Escherichia coli associated with neonatal diarrhoea in piglets and calves. In: de Leeww, P.W., Guinée, P.A.M. (Eds.), Laboratory Diagnosis in Neonatal Calf and Pig Diarrhoea: Current Topics in Veterinary and Animal Science, vol. 13. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 126-162.
13. Johnson R.P., Clarke R.C., Wilson J.B., Read S.C., Rahn K., Renwick S.A., Sandhu K.A., Alves D., Karmali M.A., Lior H., McEwen S.A., Spika J.S., Gyles C.L. Growing concerns and recent outbreaks involving non-O157:H7 serotypes of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli. J. Food Protect. 59:1996;1112-11222
14. Khakhria R., Duck D., Lior H. Extended phage-typing scheme for Escherichia coli O157:H7. Epidemiol. Infect. 105:1990;511-520
15. López, E.L., Contrini, M.M., de Rosa, M.F., 1998. Epidemiology of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in South America. In: Kaper, J.B., O'Brien, A.D. (Eds.), Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Other Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli Strains. ASM Press, Washington, DC, pp. 30-37.
16. Montenegro M.A., Buelte M., Trumpf T., Aleksic S., Reuter G., Bulling E., Helmuth R. Detection and characterization of faecal verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli from healthy cattle. J. Clin. Microbiol. 28:1990;1417-1421
17. Nataro J.P., Kaper J.B. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 11:1998;142-201
18. Orskov, F., Orskov, I., 1984. Serotyping of Escherichia coli. In: Bergan, T. (Ed.), Methods in Microbiology, vol. 14, pp. 43-112.
19. Orskov F., Orskov I., Villar J.A. Cattle as reservoir of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7. Lancet. II:1987;276
20. Padola N.L., Sanz M.E., Lucchesi P.M., Blanco J.E., Blanco M., Blanco J., Etcheverría A.I., Arroyo G.H., Parma A.E. First isolation of the enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O145:H- from cattle in feedlot in Argentina. BMC Microbiol. 2:2002;6-9
21. Parma A.E., Viñas M.R., Sanz M.E. Improvement of the polymerase chain reaction to detect Escherichia coli Shiga-like toxin II gene from clinical isolates. J. Microbiol. Meth. 26:1996;81-85
22. Parma A.E., Sanz M.E., Blanco J.E., Blanco J., Viñas M.R., Blanco M., Padola N.L., Etcheverría A.I. Virulence genotypes and serotypes of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from cattle and foods in Argentina. Importance in public health. Eur. J. Epidemiol. 16:2000;757-762
23. Paton A.W., Ratcliff R.M., Doyle M.P., Seymour-Murray J., Davos D., Lanser J.A., Paton J.C. Molecular microbiological investigation of an outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome caused by dry fermented sausage contaminated with Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli. J. Clin. Microbiol. 34:1996;1622-1627
24. Paton J.C., Paton A.W. Pathogenesis and diagnosis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 11:1998;450-479
25. Paton A.W., Srimanote P., Woodrow M.C., Paton J.C. Characterization of Saa, a novel autoagglutinating adhesin produced by locus of enterocyte effacement-negative Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli strains that are virulent for humans. Infect. Immun. 69:2001;6999-7009
26. Pradel N., Livrelli V., De Champs C., Palcoux J.B., Reynaud A., Scheutz F., Sirot J., Joly B., Forestier C. Prevalence and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from cattle, food and children during one-year prospective study in France, food and children during one-year prospective study in France. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38:2000;1023-1031
27. Russell J.B., Diez-González F., Jarvis G.N. Invited review: effects of diet shifts on Escherichia coli in cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 83:2000;863-873
28. Sanz M.E., Viñas M.R., Parma A.E. Prevalence of bovine verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in Argentina. Eur. J. Epidemiol. 14:1998;399-403
29. Strockbine, N.A., Wells, J.G., Bopp, Ch.A., Barret, T.J., 1998. Overview of detection and subtyping methods. In: Kaper, J.B., O'Brien, A.D. (Eds.), Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Other Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli Strains. ASM Press, Washington, DC, pp. 331-356.
30. Van Donkersgoed J., Graham T., Gannon V. The prevalence of verotoxins, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in the feces and rumen of cattle at processing. Can. Vet. J. 40:1999;332-337
31. Woodward M.J., Carroll P.J., Wray C. Detection of entero- and verocytotoxin genes in Escherichia coli from diarrhoeal disease in animals using the polymerase chain reaction. Vet. Microbiol. 31:1992;251-261
32. Zhao T., Doyle M.P., Shere J., Garber L. Prevalence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a survey of dairy herds. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:1995;1212-1290