Zoonotic potential of multidrug-resistant extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli obtained from healthy poultry carcasses in Salvador, Brazil

The zoonotic potential to cause human and/or animal infections among multidrug-resistant extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli from avian origin was investigated. Twenty-seven extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli isolates containing the increased survival gene (iss) were obtained from the livers...

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Published in:	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	José Vitor Lima-Filho, Liliane Vilela Martins, Danielle Cristina de Oliveira Nascimento, Roberta Ferreira Ventura, Jacqueline Ellen Camelo Batista, Ayrles Fernanda Brandão Silva, Maria Taciana Ralph, Renata Valença Vaz, Carlos Boa-Viagem Rabello, Isabella de Matos Mendes da Silva, Joaquim Evêncio-Neto
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2013-02-01
Subjects:	ExPEC MDR strains Increased survival gene Experimental infections
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000100009