PREVALENCE OF VEROTOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA-COLI HARBORED IN THE INTESTINE OF CATTLE IN JAPAN

Authors
MIYAO Y KATAOKA T NOMOTO T KAI A ITOH T ITOH K
Citation
Y. Miyao et al., PREVALENCE OF VEROTOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA-COLI HARBORED IN THE INTESTINE OF CATTLE IN JAPAN, Veterinary microbiology, 61(1-2), 1998, pp. 137-143
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781135
Volume
61
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
137 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1135(1998)61:1-2<137:POVEHI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The production of verotoxin was examined in 2152 Escherichia coil isol ates from 387 cattle in Japan from 1992 to 1994. The toxin was detecte d in 263 isolates from 94 cattle (detection rate: 24.3%). Verotoxin-pr oducing E. coli (VTEC) was isolated from the cattle in 15 out of 17 pr efectures, and the strains were divided into 33 serotypes. E. coli 015 7.H7 was isolated from 7 out of 387 cattle (detection rate: 1.8%) in f our prefectures. These results suggest that VTEC is widely distributed in Japan and include a wide variety of serotypes. (C) 1998 Elsevier S cience B.V.