Assessment of virulence factors characteristic of human Escherichia coli pathotypes and antimicrobial resistance in O157:H7 and non-O157:H7 isolates from livestock in Spain

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013 Jul;79(13):4170-2. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00537-13. Epub 2013 Apr 19.

Abstract

The distribution of virulence factors (VFs) typical of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiles were assessed in 780 isolates from healthy pigs, broilers, and cattle from Spain. VF distribution was broader than expected, although at low prevalence for most genes, with AMR being linked mainly to host species.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Cattle / microbiology*
  • Chickens / microbiology*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli O157 / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli O157 / pathogenicity*
  • Humans
  • Prevalence
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Species Specificity
  • Swine / microbiology*
  • Virulence Factors / genetics*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Virulence Factors