Virulence properties and antimicrobial susceptibility of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from healthy cattle from Paraná State, Brazil

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 588-593

  Pigatto, Caroline P ^a,b   Schocken Iturrino, Ruben P ^b   Souza, Emanuel M ^a   Pedrosa, Fábio O ^a   Comarella, Larissa ^a   Irino, Kinue ^c   Kato, Maria Aidê M F ^c   Farah, Sônia M S S ^a,d   Warth, José F ^a   Fadel Picheth, Cyntia M T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d Section of Food Microbiology Central Laboratory of Paraná State   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Shiga toxin; STEC; stx genes; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; COSMIC RAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; STABILIZERS (AGENTS);

(PL) PROPERTIES; ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; E. COLI; LATEX AGGLUTINATION; MULTIPLEX PCR; SEROTYPES; SHIGA TOXIN; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE GENES; VIRULENCE MARKERS;

HEALTH;

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PROTEIN EAE; PROTEIN EHXA; PROTEIN SAA; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SYNTAXIN; SYNTAXIN 1; SYNTAXIN 2; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CATTLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FECES; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VERO CELLS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BRAZIL; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 46849109962     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-046     Document Type: Article

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