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Emergence of a Multidrug-Resistant Shiga Toxin-Producing Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Lineage in Diseased Swine in Japan.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2016
Kusumoto Masahiro, Hikoda Yuna, Fujii Yuki, Murata Misato, Miyoshi Hirotsugu, Ogura Yoshitoshi, Gotoh Yasuhiro, Iwata Taketoshi, Hayashi Tetsuya, Akiba Masato
Abstract excerpt
EnterotoxigenicEscherichia coli(ETEC) and Shiga toxin-producingE. coli(STEC) are important causes of diarrhea and edema disease in swine. The majority of swine-pathogenicE. colistrains belong to a limited range of O serogroups, including O8, O138, O139, O141, O147, O149, and O157, which are the most frequently reported strains worldwide. However, the circumstances of ETEC and STEC infections in Japan remain...
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