To evaluate the presence of Escherichia coli O157, cloacal swabs were collected from 60 adult frogs kept as pets and analyzed by culture methods and multiplex polymerase chain reaction for stx1, stx2, and E. coli attaching and effacing (eae) and hly genes. The pathogen was isolated from two samples and both carried stx2 gene. This is believed to be the first report of natural E. coli O157 infection in living frogs.
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1 July 2010
Survey of Escherichia coli O157 in Captive Frogs
Ludovico Dipineto,
Antonio Gargiulo,
Tamara P. Russo,
Luigi M. De Luca Bossa,
Luca Borrelli,
Dario d'Ovidio,
Mariangela Sensale,
Lucia F. Menna,
Alessandro Fioretti
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 46 • No. 3
July 2010
Vol. 46 • No. 3
July 2010
Escherichia coli O157
frogs
Italy
zoonoses