Escherichia coli O157 : H7 causes more-severe systemic disease in sucklingpiglets than in colostrum-deprived neonatal piglets

Authors
Dean-Nystrom, EA Pohlenz, JFL Moon, HW O'Brien, AD
Citation
Ea. Dean-nystrom et al., Escherichia coli O157 : H7 causes more-severe systemic disease in sucklingpiglets than in colostrum-deprived neonatal piglets, INFEC IMMUN, 68(4), 2000, pp. 2356-2358
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology
Journal title
INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
ISSN journal
00199567 → ACNP
Volume
68
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2356 - 2358
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(200004)68:4<2356:ECO:HC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Our objective was to determine if suckling neonatal piglets are susceptible to enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 disease. Surprisingly , EHEC O157:H7 caused more-rapid and more-severe neurological disease in su ckling neonates than in those fed an artificial diet. Shiga toxin-negative O157:H7 did not cause neurological disease but colonized and caused attachi ng-and-effacing intestinal lesions.