Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from healthy pigs in China

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Meng, Qiong ^a,b   Bai, Xiangning ^a   Zhao, Ailan ^a   Lan, Ruiting ^c   Du, Huamao ^d   Wang, Tao ^e   Shi, Changyou ^f   Yuan, Xuejiao ^a   Bai, Xuemei ^a   Ji, Shaobo ^a   Jin, Dong ^a   Yu, Bo ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Sun, Hui ^a   Liu, Kai ^a   Xu, Jianguo ^a,b   Xiong, Yanwen ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUIZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adhesin genes; Antibiotic resistance; Multilocus sequence typing; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Putative virulence genes; Shiga toxin; Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC); Swine

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; COLON; FECES; GENE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWINE;

ASTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PAA; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLON; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; GENOTYPE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; SWINE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84891535148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-5     Document Type: Article

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