American Society for Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 13(79), p. 4170-4172, 2013
DOI: 10.1128/aem.00537-13
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The distribution of virulence factors (VFs) typical of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiles were assessed in 780 isolates from healthy pigs, broilers, and cattle from Spain. VF distribution was broader than expected, although at low prevalence for most genes, with AMR being linked mainly to host species. ; This article is a contribution to EU FP7 ANTIGONE (project number 278976). ; Peer Reviewed