title: Survey of Escherichia coli O157 in captive frogs.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Patologia e Sanità Animale, Università di Napoli Federico II, via Delpino 1, 80137, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Ludovico
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dipineto
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
authors.forename: Tamara P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Luigi M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: De Luca Bossa
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borrelli
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: d'Ovidio
authors.forename: Mariangela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sensale
authors.forename: Lucia F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Menna
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fioretti
mesh_terms: 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