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Virulence genes and P fimbriae PapA subunit diversity in canine and feline uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Veterinary microbiology - 3 Sept 2001
Féria C, Machado J, Correia J D, Gonçalves J, Gaastra W
Abstract excerpt
In this study, a total of 118 Escherichia coli strains isolated from dogs (93) and cats (25) with urinary tract infection (UTI) were tested in a multiplex polymerase chain reaction for the presence of adhesin-encoding genes (pap, sfa, and afa), hemolysin encoding genes (hly), cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1 (cnf1) and aerobactin (aer) genes. Virulence gene frequencies detected in those isolates which had been...
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