Virulence Genes In Isolates Of Escherichia Coli From Samples Of Milk And Feces From Dairy Cattle

The aim of this work was to determine if Escherichia coli isolates carrying the virulence genes eae and eltB and exhibiting the Ehly phenotype are present in feces and milk samples from healthy dairy cattle on farms. Isolates from calves showed a statistically higher prevalence of eae and eltB compared with isolates from older animals. The other factors tested (stx1, stx 2, and Ehly) were not statistically different between the two groups. Two isolates originating from calf feces were identified as serotype O157:H7; one of these isolates carried stx1 and eae, the other stx2 and eae. E. coli isolated from milk contained stx1, stx2, and eltB. The results show that feces or milk from healthy dairy cattle may contain E. coli pathotypes that express virulence genes, indicating that these materials have zoonotic potential. The results also reinforce the idea that host age can influence the dynamics of virulence genes in E. coli from cattle. 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Frequencies Of Virulence Genes And Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis Fingerprints In Escherichia Coli Isolates From Canine Pyometra

Escherichia coli is the most common bacterial agent isolated from canine pyometra. The frequencies of 24 virulence genes and pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles were determined for 23 E. coli isolates from cases of canine pyometra in Brazil. The frequencies of virulence genes were 91.3% fimH, 91.3% irp-2, 82.6% fyuA, 56.5% iroN, 47.8% traT, 39.1% usp, 34.8% sfaD/E, 34.8% tsh, 30.4% papC, 30.4% hlyA, 26.1% papGIII, 26.1% cnf-1, 21.7% papE/F, 21.7% iss, 17.4% iutA, 17.4% ompT, 17.4% cvaC, 17.4% hlyF, 17.4% iucD, 13.0% iucC, 13.0% astA, 4.3% papGII, 0% afaB/C and 0% papGI. The high frequency of yersiniabactin (fyuA and irp2) and salmochelin (iroN) genes suggests that iron uptake systems might be important in the pathogenesis of canine pyometra. PFGE profiles of 19 isolates were heterogeneous, confirming that E. coli isolates from canine pyometra are unlikely to be epidemic clones.2022393395Chen, Y.M.M., Wright, P.J., Lee, C.-S., Browning, G.F., Uropathogenic virulence factors in isolates of Escherichia coli from clinical cases of canine pyometra and feces of healthy bitches (2003) Veterinary Microbiology, 94, pp. 57-69Coggan, J.A., Melville, P.A., Oliveira, C.M., Faustino, M., Moreno, A.M., Benites, N.R., Microbiological and histopathological aspects of canine pyometra (2008) Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 39, pp. 477-483Ghanbarpour, R., Akhtardanesh, B., Genotype and antibiotic resistance profile of Escherichia coli strains involved in canine pyometra (2012) Comparative Clinical Pathology, 21, pp. 737-744Hagman, R., Kühn, I., Escherichia coli strains isolated from the uterus and urinary bladder of bitches suffering from pyometra: Comparison by restriction enzyme digestion and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (2002) Veterinary Microbiology, 84, pp. 143-153Krekeler, N., Marenda, M.S., Browning, G.F., Holden, K.M., Charles, J.A., Wright, P.J., The role of type 1, P and S fimbriae in binding of Escherichia coli to the canine endometrium (2013) Veterinary Microbiology, 164, pp. 399-404Mateus, L., Henriques, S., Merino, C., Pomba, C., Lopes da Costa, L., Silva, E., Virulence genotypes of Escherichia coli canine isolates from pyometra, cystitis and fecal origin (2013) Veterinary Microbiology, 166, pp. 590-594Ribot, E.M., Fair, M.A., Gautom, R., Cameron, D.N., Hunter, S.B., Swaminathan, B., Barrett, T.J., Standardization of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocols for the subtyping of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Shigella for PulseNet (2006) Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 3, pp. 59-67Siqueira, A.K., Ribeiro, M.G., Leite, D.D.S., Tiba, M.R., Moura, C.D., Lopes, M.D., Prestes, N.C., de Silva, A.V., Virulence factors in Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infection and pyometra cases and from feces of healthy dogs (2009) Research in Veterinary Science, 86, pp. 206-210Smith, F.O., Canine pyometra (2006) Theriogenology, 66, pp. 610-612Wadås, B., Kühn, I., Lagerstedt, A.-S., Jonsson, P., Biochemical phenotypes of Escherichia coli in dogs: Comparison of isolates isolated from bitches suffering from pyometra and urinary tract infection with isolates from faeces of healthy dogs (1996) Veterinary Microbiology, 52, pp. 293-30

Prevalence and identification of Salmonella spp. in water buffaloes from São Paulo State, Brazil

RESUMO O objetivo do estudo foi investigar a prevalência de Salmonella spp. em amostras de fezes de búfalos do estado de São Paulo, Brasil, e identificar os sorotipos isolados. Foram examinadas 116 amostras de suabes retais de búfalos das raças Jafarabadi e Murrah, coletadas em triplicata, em seis propriedades rurais localizadas nas regiões Central, Centro-Oeste e Nordeste do estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Para avaliar a presença de Salmonella spp., foram utilizados três diferentes caldos de enriquecimento (caldo selenito cistina, caldo tetrationado Muller-Kauffmann e caldo Rappaport-Vassiliadis) e dois diferentes meios de cultura (ágar verde brilhante modificado e ágar XLT4). Das 116 amostras de suabes retais examinadas, oito amostras (6,90%; 8/116) foram positivas para Salmonella spp., incluindo quatro sorotipos: S. Panama (50%; 4/8), S. Agona (25%; 2/8) , S. Newport (12,5%; 1/8) e S. Saintpaul (12,5%; 1/8), todos isolados de búfalos sem sinais clínicos de salmonelose, indicando a importância dos animais assintomáticos como fonte de infecção para outros animais e seres humanos. Das seis propriedades rurais avaliadas, apenas em duas fazendas (33,3%; 2/6) não foi detectada Salmonella spp. O uso de mais de um caldo de enriquecimento seletivo e de mais de um meio de cultura é indicado para o isolamento de Salmonella

Overlapped Sequence Types (sts) And Serogroups Of Avian Pathogenic (apec) And Human Extra-intestinal Pathogenic (expec) Escherichia Coli Isolated In Brazil

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) strains belong to a category that is associated with colibacillosis, a serious illness in the poultry industry worldwide. Additionally, some APEC groups have recently been described as potential zoonotic agents. In this work, we compared APEC strains with extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) strains isolated from clinical cases of humans with extra-intestinal diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and bacteremia. PCR results showed that genes usually found in the ColV plasmid (tsh, iucA, iss, and hlyF) were associated with APEC strains while fyuA, irp-2, fepC sitDchrom, fimH, crl, csgA, afa, iha, sat, hlyA, hra, cnf1, kpsMTII, clpVSakai and malX were associated with human ExPEC. Both categories shared nine serogroups (O2, O6, O7, O8, O11, O19, O25, O73 and O153) and seven sequence types (ST10, ST88, ST93, ST117, ST131, ST155, ST359, ST648 and ST1011). 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Avian Extraintestinal Escherichia Coli Exhibits Enterotoxigenic-like Activity In The In Vivo Rabbit Ligated Ileal Loop Assay

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) strains harbor a number of virulence genes and cause extraintestinal diseases, such as septicemia, swollen-head syndrome, salpingitis, and omphalitis in poultry. APEC strains are not known to cause intestinal diseases. Herein, for the first time, it is reported that APEC strains were able to induce an enterotoxigenic-like effect in rabbit ligated ileal loops. Strain SEPT362 caused cell detachment of the intestinal villi, which also showed a flattened and wilted appearance, but the integrity of the tight junctions was maintained. Additionally, this strain did not adhere to enterocytes in vivo, although adhesin encoding genes (fimH, csgA, lpfA2-3, and ECP) were present while other lpfA types, sfa, afa, papC, and ral genes were not. This enterotoxigenic-like activity was conserved after thermal treatment of the supernatant at 65°C but not at 100°C. Moreover, experiments based on filtering with different molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) pore sizes demonstrated that the component associated with the observed biological effect has a molecular weight >100 kDa. Blast search and polymerase chain reaction assays for known E. coli virulence factors showed that strain SEPT362 harbors the gene encoding for the toxin EAST-1 and the serine protease autotransporter (SPATE) Tsh, but is negative for genes encoding for the toxins LT-I, STh, STp, Stx1, Stx2, CNF-1, CNF-2, CDT and the SPATEs Sat, Pic, Vat, SigA, SepA, EatA, EspP, or EspC. A cloned copy of the tsh gene in E. coli K-12 was also tested and was shown to have an enterotoxic effect. These results suggest that APEC might induce fluid accumulation in the rabbit gut. 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