Survey of Escherichia coli O157 in captive frogs.
To evaluate the presence of Escherichia coli O157, cloacal swabs were collected from 60 adult frogs kept as pets and analyzed by culture methods and multiplex polymerase chain reaction for stx1, stx2, and E. coli attaching and effacing (eae) and hly genes. The pathogen was isolated from two samples and both carried stx2 gene. This is believed to be the first report of natural E. coli O157 infection in living frogs.
Dipineto
Ludovico
L
Dipartimento di Patologia e Sanità Animale, Università di Napoli Federico II, via Delpino 1, 80137, Napoli, Italy.
Gargiulo
Antonio
A
Russo
Tamara P
TP
De Luca Bossa
Luigi M
LM
Borrelli
Luca
L
d'Ovidio
Dario
D
Sensale
Mariangela
M
Menna
Lucia F
LF
Fioretti
Alessandro
A
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology; D001001:Anura / Q000382:microbiology*; D002988:Cloaca / Q000382:microbiology; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance / Q000662:veterinary; D015047:Zoonoses