Escherichia coli shedding patterns in humans and dogs: Insights into within-household transmission of phylotypes associated with urinary tract infections

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1457-1464

  Damborg, P ^a   Nielsen, S S ^a   Guardabassi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AFLP; Dog; E. coli; UTI; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG; FAMILY HEALTH; FECES; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY HEALTH; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349249776     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880900226X     Document Type: Article

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