Prevalence of urovirulence genes cnf, hlyD, sfa/foc, and papGIII in fecal Escherichia coli from healthy dogs and their owners

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1401-1406

  Stenske, Katherine A ^a   Bemis, David A ^a   Gillespie, Barbara E ^b   Oliver, Stephen P ^b   Draughon, Francis A ^b   Matteson, Karla J ^c   Bartges, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC NECROTIZING FACTOR; HEMOLYSIN; PILUS ASSOCIATED WITH PYELONEPHRITIS G ALLELE III PROTEIN; S FIMBRIAL AND F1C FIMBRIAE ADHESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROVIRULENCE GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70450279002     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.11.1401     Document Type: Article

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