Phylogroups, virulence determinants and antimicrobial resistance in stx2 gene-carrying Escherichia coli isolated from aquatic environments

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 585-591

  Garcia Aljaro, Cristina ^a   Moreno, Eva ^b   Andreu, Antònia ^b   Prats, Guillem ^b   Blanch, Anicet R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Phylogenetic group; Shiga toxin; STEC; Verotoxin

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIFAMOLE; ENTEROHEMOLYSINE; GENTAMICIN; INTIMIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SEWAGE; SHIGA TOXIN 2; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70350335050     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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