DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05289-11
ABSTRACT
Testing 1,666 fecal or intestinal samples from healthy and diarrheic pigs, we obtained hemolytic Escherichia coli isolates from 593 samples. Focusing on hemolytic E. coli isolates without virulence-associated genes (VAGs) typical for enteropathogens, we found that such isolates carried a broad variety of VAGs typical for extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli.
FOOTNOTES
- Received 27 April 2011.
- Accepted 24 September 2011.
- Accepted manuscript posted online 30 September 2011.
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