Enzootic enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection in laboratory rabbits

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2353-2358

  Swennes, Alton G ^a   Buckley, Ellen M ^a   Parry, Nicola M A ^a   Madden, Carolyn M ^a   García, Alexis ^a   Morgan, Peter B ^b   Astrofsky, Keith M ^b   Fox, James G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COLONY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NETHERLANDS; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84862749940     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00832-12     Document Type: Article

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