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Genotyping and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Escherichia coli O157 originating from cattle farms.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Jun 2011
Cobbaut Katrijn, Houf Kurt, Boyen Filip, Haesebrouck Freddy, De Zutter Lieven
Abstract excerpt
During a Escherichia coli O157 prevalence study on cattle farms, 324 E. coli O157 isolates were collected from 68 out of 180 cattle farms. All isolates harbored the eaeA gene and the enterohemolysin (ehxA) gene. The majority of the strains only contained vtx2 (245 isolates), the combination of vtx1 and vtx2 was detected in 50 isolates, and in 29 isolates none of the vtx genes was present. Pulsed-field gel...
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