title: [Epidemiological role of pets in urban transmission cycle of STEC].
abstract: Escherichia coli is an important constitutional element of both animal's and men's microbiote. Rumiants in general and bovine in particular have been pointed out as reservoirs of shigatoxigenic (STEC) and enterohemorragic strains (EHEC). These strains are rarely reported in pets isolations and are badly documented. Revisions of the pathogenic role of E. coli in small animals, particulary based on intestinal and urogenital isolations, involve in a very low proportion the STEC strains. In dogs, ocasional isolations are reported, from feces coming from both healthy and diarreic dogs. The STEC intestinal strains prevalence in dogs and cats from urban centers, based on the habit of including regular or ocasional raw meat in their diet, should not be understimated.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires. aben@fvet.uba.ar
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bentancor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology*; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D004285:Dogs; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006463:Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D022621:Shiga Toxin / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014504:Urban Health
chemical_list: D022621:Shiga Toxin