A 3-year epidemiological surveillance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in dogs and cats in Japan.
For three years investigations from 1996 to 1998, we tried to isolate Escherichia coli O157:H7 from fecal samples collected from dogs and cats. In results, E. coli O157:H7 was isolated from 1 out of 614 samples (0.16%). This isolate produced Stx1 and Stx2 and was isolated from a dog kept by a human patient infected with E. coli O157:H7. Excluding in this case, dogs and cats as companion animals, therefore, may not give harbor to E. coli O157:H7.
Kataoka
Yasushi
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Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan. CZW02064@nifty.ne.jp
Irie
Yukako
Y
Sawada
Takuo
T
Nakazawa
Muneo
M
D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D002353:Carrier State / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D017931:DNA Primers; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005784:Gene Amplification; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1 / Q000235:genetics; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2 / Q000235:genetics
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D017931:DNA Primers; D022622:Shiga Toxin 1; D022641:Shiga Toxin 2