Serogroups, atypical biochemical characters, colicinogeny and antibiotic resistance pattern of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from diarrhoeic calves in Gujarat, India

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-98

  Arya, G ^a,b   Roy, A ^b   Choudhary, V ^b   Yadav, M M ^b   Joshi, C G ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwa Vidyalaya   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Calf diarrhoea; Colicinogeny; India; Shiga toxin producing E. coli

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALORIDINE; CEFTIOFUR; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLICIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; KANAMYCIN; RHAMNOSE; TETRACYCLINE; UREASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CALF (BOVINE); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROTYPING; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 38449097233     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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