Virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from urinary tract of swine in Southern of Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 741-743

  Da Costa, Mateus Matiuzzi ^a,c   Drescher, Guilherme ^c   Maboni, Franciele ^b   Weber, Shana ^a   Botton, Sônia De Avila ^b   Vainstein, Marilene Henning ^a   Schrank, Irene Silveira ^a   De Vargas, Agueda Castagna ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE DE SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d Laboratório de Bacteriologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; E. coli; Plasmids; Swine; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUIDAE;

EID: 59349092421     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822008000400027     Document Type: Article

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