Detection of virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance patterns in shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates from sheep

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 775-780

  Ferreira, Marcos R A ^a   Silva, Talícia dos S ^b   Stella, Ariel E ^b   Conceição, Fabricio R ^a   dos Reis, Edésio F ^b   Moreira, Cecília N ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Molecular characterization; Multiresistant isolates; Phylogenetic; STEC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949946149     PISSN: 0100736X     EISSN: 16785150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-736x2015000900002     Document Type: Article

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