Survey of Escherichia coli O157 in Captive Frogs

Ludovico Dipineto; Antonio Gargiulo; Tamara P. Russo; Luigi M. De Luca Bossa; Luca Borrelli; Dario d'Ovidio; Mariangela Sensale; Lucia F. Menna; Alessandro Fioretti

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-46.3.944

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Ludovico Dipineto,^1,* Antonio Gargiulo,¹ Tamara P. Russo,¹ Luigi M. De Luca Bossa,¹ Luca Borrelli,¹ Dario d'Ovidio,¹ Mariangela Sensale,¹ Lucia F. Menna,¹ Alessandro Fioretti¹

¹1 Dipartimento di Patologia e Sanità Animale, Università di Napoli Federico II, via Delpino 1, 80137

^* Corresponding author (email: dipineto@unina.it)

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.

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Ludovico Dipineto, Antonio Gargiulo, Tamara P. Russo, Luigi M. De Luca Bossa, Luca Borrelli, Dario d'Ovidio, Mariangela Sensale, Lucia F. Menna, and Alessandro Fioretti "Survey of Escherichia coli O157 in Captive Frogs," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46(3), 944-946, (1 July 2010). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-46.3.944

Received: 8 September 2009; Accepted: 1 December 2009; Published: 1 July 2010

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