Escherichia colifrom animal reservoirs as a potential source of human extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Bélanger, Louise ^a,b   Garenaux, Amélie ^b,c   Harel, Josée ^b   Boulianne, Martine ^b   Nadeau, Eric ^a,b   Dozois, Charles M ^b,c  

^a Prevtec microbia   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Extraintestinal infection; Molecular epidemiology; Septicaemia; Urinary tract infection; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; APRAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOTHRICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOVINE MASTITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES MICROFLORA; FIMBRIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIVESTOCK; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PET ANIMAL; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PETS; VIRULENCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79955005058     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00797.x     Document Type: Review

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