Isolation of piliated Escherichia coli from diarrheic foals.
Escherichia coli was isolated from the feces and intestines of foals with and without diarrhea. Piliation of isolates was demonstrated by electron microscopy and agglutination in antisera having specificity for K88, K99, P987 and F41 pili. Piliation was also demonstrated by electron microscopy on organisms which did not react with any of the antisera.
D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000032:analysis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000032:analysis; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006736:Horses; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C034151:heat stable toxin (E coli); C027538:heat-labile enterotoxin, E coli