Article
[Genotypic characterization of toxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from pigs with postweaning diarrhea (PWD) and edema disease (ED)].
Revista Argentina de microbiologia - 1 Jan 2000
Moredo Fabiana A, Cappuccio Javier A, Insarralde Lucas, Perfumo Carlos J, Quiroga María A, Leotta Gerardo A
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this work was to characterize 47 Escherichia coli strains isolated from 32 pigs diagnosed with postweaning diarrhea and three pigs with edema disease by PCR. Forty two (95.5 %) of the strains isolated from diarrheic pigs were characterized as enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) and 2 (4.5 %) as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). Fourteen (33.3 %) ETEC strains were positive for est/estII/fedA genes....
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