Virulence factors and antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolated from calves in Turkey

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 249-257

  Guler L ^a,b   Gunduz K ^a   Ok, U ^a  

^a Veterinary Control and Research Institute   (Turkey)

^b Veteriner Kontrol Ve Ara tirma Enstitüsü   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Calf; Escherichia coli; ETEC; STEC; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; INTIMIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALF (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EAE GENE; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FIMBRIA; HERD; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETIC MARKERS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SHIGA TOXINS; TURKEY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 43049100044     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01121.x     Document Type: Article

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