Molecular characterization of cytolethal distending toxin gene-positive Escherichia coli from healthy cattle and swine in Nara, Japan

BACKGROUND: Cytolethal distending toxin (CDT)-producing Escherichia coli (CTEC) has been isolated from patients with gastrointestinal or urinary tract infection, and sepsis. However, the source of human infection remains unknown. In this study, we attempted to detect and isolate CTEC strains from fe...

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Main Authors: Hinenoya, Atsushi, Shima, Kensuke, Asakura, Masahiro, Nishimura, Kazuhiko, Tsukamoto, Teizo, Ooka, Tadasuke, Hayashi, Tetsuya, Ramamurthy, Thandavarayan, Faruque, Shah M, Yamasaki, Shinji
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001111/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24742173
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-14-97
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