Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from swine feces

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 827-838

  Fratamico, Pina M ^a   Bhagwat, Arvind A ^b   Injaian, Lisa ^a,d   Fedorka Cray, Paula J ^c  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SHIGA TOXIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXINS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

ASTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 57749119335     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0147     Document Type: Article

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