Susceptibility of gnotoibiotic swine to Escherichia coli isolated from nonenteric human infections.
Newborn, germfree piglets were susceptible to Escherichia coli associated with human, nonenteric infections and should provide a useful model in the study of generalized E. coli infections.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D006801:Humans; D012703:Serotyping; D013552:Swine; D014774:Virulence