Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2003)

Isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Intact Colon Fecal Samples of Swine

  • Ingrid Feder,
  • F. Morgan Wallace,
  • Jeffrey T. Gray,
  • Pina Fratamico,
  • Paula J. Fedorka-Cray,
  • Rachel A. Pearce,
  • Jeffrey E. Call,
  • Richard Perrine,
  • John B. Luchansky

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0903.020350
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 380 – 383

Abstract

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Escherichia coli O157:H7 was recovered from colon fecal samples of pigs. Polymerase chain reaction confirmed two genotypes: isolates harboring the eaeA, stx1, and stx2 genes and isolates harboring the eaeA, stx1, and hly933 genes. We demonstrate that swine in the United States can harbor potentially pathogenic E. coli O157:H7.

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