Difference between revisions of "Escherichia coli"
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- Enterotoxigenic E.coli contributes to undifferentiated neonatal calf diarrhoea, a mixed viral enteritis in calves.
- Colibacillosis.
- Histiocytic ulcerative colitis in the dog and cat.
- Causes secretory diarrhoea
- Causes peritonitis in dogs and peritonitis in pigs
- In osteomyelitis
- In neonatal polyarthritis of calves
- In arthritis of horses
Eschericia coli (E. coli) overview
- Member of Enterobacteriacae family of Gram-negative bacilli
- Facultative anaerobe
- One of predominant bacterial species in colonic flora
- Abundant in the environment
- Found in many non-specific, endogenous infections, eg. wound infections and upper respiratory tract infections and septicaemia
- Also and enteropathogen
E. coli characteristics
- Oxidase negative (do not possess cytochrome C oxidase)
- Grow on MacConkey agar (in presence of bile salts)
- Reduce nitrates to nitrits and ferment glucose to produce acid and gas
- Possess a lipolysaccharide O antigen, a flagellate H antigen, polysaccharide K antigens and fimbrial F antigens
- Epidemiological typing of E. coli uses antigen combinations, eg. O125:K12:H42