Characterization of atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) isolated from dogs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 420-424

  Almeida, Paula Maria Pereira de ^a   Arais, Lavicie Rodrigues ^a   Andrade, João Ramos Costa ^b   Prado, Esther Helena Rondon Barreto ^a   Irino, Kinue ^c   Cerqueira, Aloysio de Mello Figueiredo ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Adolpho Lutz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AEPEC; Dogs; Locus LEE; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA INTIMIN; BFPA PROTEIN; EAE PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI SECRETED PROTEIN A; ESCHERICHIA COLI SECRETED PROTEIN B; GAMMA INTIMIN; HEMOLYSIN; INTIMIN; TIR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CELL ADHESION; DIARRHEA; DOG; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; HELA CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84862537693     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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