Article
Virulence genotypes and phylogenetic background of Escherichia coli serogroup O6 isolates from humans, dogs, and cats.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2008
Johnson James R, Johnston Brian, Clabots Connie R, Kuskowski Michael A, Roberts Elisabeth, DebRoy Chitrita
Abstract excerpt
Molecular evidence is limited for the hypothesis that humans, dogs, and cats can become colonized and infected with similar virulent Escherichia coli strains. To further assess this possibility, archived E. coli O6 isolates (n = 130) from humans (n = 55), dogs (n = 59), and cats (n = 16), representing the three main H (flagellar) types within serogroup O6 (H1, H7, and H31), were analyzed, along with selected...
Topics
- Animals
- Cat Diseases
- Cats
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Dog Diseases
- Dogs
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Epidemiology