Shiga toxin-producing and attaching and effacing Escherichia coli in cats and dogs in a high hemolytic uremic syndrome incidence region in Argentina

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-256

  Bentancor, A ^a   Rumi, M V ^a   Gentilini, M V ^a   Sardoy, C ^a   Irino, K ^b   Agostini, A ^a   Cataldi, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Enterohemorragic Escherichia coli; HUS; Pets; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RFBO157 GENE; SEROTYPE; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATS; CHILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33846285251     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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