To evaluate the presence of Escherichia coli O157, cloacal swabs were collected from 60 adult frogs kept as pets and analyzed by culture methods and multiplex polymerase chain reaction for stx1, stx2, and E. coli attaching and effacing (eae) and hly genes. The pathogen was isolated from two samples and both carried stx2 gene. This is believed to be the first report of natural E. coli O157 infection in living frogs.
Survey of Escherichia coli O157 in captive frogs / Dipineto, Ludovico; Gargiulo, A.; Russo, T. P.; DE LUCA BOSSA, L. M.; Borrelli, L.; D'Ovidio, Dario; Sensale, M.; Menna, LUCIA FRANCESCA; Fioretti, Alessandro. - In: JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES. - ISSN 0090-3558. - STAMPA. - 46:3(2010), pp. 944-946.
Survey of Escherichia coli O157 in captive frogs
DIPINETO, LUDOVICO;BORRELLI L.;D'OVIDIO, Dario;MENNA, LUCIA FRANCESCA;FIORETTI, ALESSANDRO
2010
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To evaluate the presence of Escherichia coli O157, cloacal swabs were collected from 60 adult frogs kept as pets and analyzed by culture methods and multiplex polymerase chain reaction for stx1, stx2, and E. coli attaching and effacing (eae) and hly genes. The pathogen was isolated from two samples and both carried stx2 gene. This is believed to be the first report of natural E. coli O157 infection in living frogs.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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