Escherichia coli isolates from extraintestinal organs of livestock animals harbour diverse virulence genes and belong to multiple genetic lineages

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 197-206

  Wu, Guanghui ^a   Ehricht, Ralf ^b   Mafura, Muriel ^a   Stokes, Matthew ^a   Smith, Noel ^c   Pritchard, Geoff C ^a   Woodward, Martin J ^a,d  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^c AHVLA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ClonalFrame; Extraintestinal E. coli (ExPEC); Microarrays; Multi locus sequence typing (MLST); SplitsTree

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRA INTESTINAL PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SPLEEN; SWINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SWINE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 84867032721     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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