Plasmid profile of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 from apparently healthy animals

Plasmid profile of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 from apparently healthy animals

One hundred samples from healthy animals were screened for the presence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157: H7 and 17 were positive for EHEC 0157:H7 after confirmation using serology kits. Antibiotic susceptibility patterns showed the isolates to be highly susceptible to the various antibio...

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Veröffentlicht in:African journal of biotechnology 2003-09, Vol.2 (9), p.322-324
Hauptverfasser: Smith, SI, Aboaba, OO, Odeigha, P, Shodipo, K, Adeyeye, JA, Ibrahim, A, Adebiyi, T, Onibokun, H, Odunukwe, NN
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Sprache:eng
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Escherichia coli
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Zusammenfassung:One hundred samples from healthy animals were screened for the presence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157: H7 and 17 were positive for EHEC 0157:H7 after confirmation using serology kits. Antibiotic susceptibility patterns showed the isolates to be highly susceptible to the various antibiotics screened with a few showing multiple antibiotic resistance. The plasmid profiles revealed that 8/17 (47%) of the animal isolates harboured detectable plasmids ranging in size from 0.564 kb to >23 kb.
ISSN:1684-5315
1684-5315
DOI:10.5897/AJB2003.000-1066